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Ted Lieu: “Do you believe that freedom and liberty should ever be linked to how much money you have in a bank account?”

On the recordMarch 25, 2021
Do you believe that freedom and liberty should ever be linked to how much money you have in a bank account?
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Ted Lieu questions the morality of linking freedom to financial status in bail systems.

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