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Maxine Waters: “Not only is Ex-Im financing not needed, but it is often nothing more than crony capitalism, providing taxpayer-financed…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2021
Not only is Ex-Im financing not needed, but it is often nothing more than crony capitalism, providing taxpayer-financed subsidies to some of the world's largest companies.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters critiques Ex-Im financing as unnecessary and a form of crony capitalism.

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