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On the recordDecember 6, 2016
I have always had a problem with this 'should have known,' because if you received it, you didn't know that you weren't supposed to receive it, but you should have known, and it is 10 years past.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier questions the fairness of expecting repayment from individuals based on outdated knowledge.

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