When it comes to poor people, states are not always anxious to get them the benefits they're entitled to, even though they are dollars that go into that state's economy. In this case, you've got people who would get benefits that would come from an additional pot of money the state is not now tapping. States should be maximizing the revenues they were legitimately able to get from the federal government.

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