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Steven Holt: “It seems whenever important decisions are made by a few people inside a room inside the Beltway, ordinary folks are not…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2011
It seems whenever important decisions are made by a few people inside a room inside the Beltway, ordinary folks are not only excluded from the room but seem to be excluded from the minds of the people in the room. I'm talking about ordinary folks working to keep their heads above water; ordinary folks working to keep their mortgage, keep their homes; retirees living on a fixed income; students hoping to have help in going to college; those who are working to improve people's health and our Nation's energy supply--ordinary folks. What makes anyone think that a supercommittee of 12 people operating in a room inside the Beltway in November is going to do a better job looking after the interests of ordinary folks. ____________________
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Aug 1, 2011

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