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On the recordMay 7, 2019
Fine. Borrow the first, then borrow the second, then borrow the third. Raise your debt to $10-, $20 trillion, and then renounce it all, and then still have complete access to all the Western financial institutions. Sounds like a plan.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman critiques the cycle of debt in countries dealing with China.

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