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Michael Bennet: “This may surprise our witnesses, but there are people in this town that will say that things have to get worse before we…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
This may surprise our witnesses, but there are people in this town that will say that things have to get worse before we can construct the politics that will actually solve the problem that we are facing.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet criticizes the belief that worsening conditions are necessary for political solutions.

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