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Tom McClintock: “We have 21 trillion in debt going to the kids. Right? Intergenerational theft.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2018
We have 21 trillion in debt going to the kids. Right? Intergenerational theft.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock highlights the burden of national debt on future generations.

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