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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 22, 2009
I think we have just seen 20 years of leverage piling up on our system and lack of attention to that that has led to the destruction of... our economy.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado
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Editor's note · Context

Bennet highlights the dangers of accumulated leverage and its impact on the economy.

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