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On the recordOctober 21, 2019
If you spend more than you take in, you are going to run out of money. If you walk away from your debt, people stop loaning you money. And socialism sucks.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock argues against debt forgiveness and critiques socialism's impact on the economy.

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