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Charles Murray, who wrote the controversial book on racial differences, "The Bell Curve," is out with a new radical proposal to do away with America's current welfare state. Murray wants to replace Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid with a simple $10,000-per-year payment to every American who is over 21 and isn't in jail.

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Charles Murray, who wrote the controversial book on racial differences, "The Bell Curve," is out with a new radical proposal to do away with America's current welfare state.

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