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Sara Jacobs: Mr. Speaker, after everything is said that can be said, this proposal would make it more, would make it easier to run up…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1995
Mr. Speaker, after everything is said that can be said, this proposal would make it more, would make it easier to run up the bills than to pay them, thus beckoning one of the weakest aspects of human nature.
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Sara Jacobs
Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of a financial proposal on human behavior.

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