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Scott Peters: “You can't spin the economy. Every person knows how the economy is doing because they are living it every day.”

On the recordMay 25, 2022
You can't spin the economy. Every person knows how the economy is doing because they are living it every day.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Emphasizing that people's experiences reflect the true state of the economy.

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