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Duncan Hunter: “I would like to think as I taught school starting out for $17,000 a year, I worked just as hard as I did when I reached…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
I would like to think as I taught school starting out for $17,000 a year, I worked just as hard as I did when I reached the stratospheric top at $47,000.
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Duncan Hunter
Republican · California

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Hunter reflects on his work ethic despite salary differences.

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