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George P. Radanovich: “I cannot help but think what either Meriwether Lewis or Thomas Jefferson would have thought had they realized that this…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1997
I cannot help but think what either Meriwether Lewis or Thomas Jefferson would have thought had they realized that this country had come to the point where the U.S. Government is taking away wealth from not even the rich, I mean this is middle-class stuff here, and that they are actually into income redistribution.
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George P. Radanovich
California

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Discussing government policies and their impact on wealth distribution.

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