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Cutting social security and tax credit spending. / Grover, Christopher.
In: Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2011, p. 235-248.

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Grover, C 2011, 'Cutting social security and tax credit spending', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982711X596982

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Grover, C. (2011). Cutting social security and tax credit spending. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19(3), 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982711X596982

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Grover C. Cutting social security and tax credit spending. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 2011;19(3):235-248. doi: 10.1332/175982711X596982

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Grover, Christopher. / Cutting social security and tax credit spending. In: Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 2011 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 235-248.

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