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Jim Himes: “And I would say that running huge budget deficits and racking up debt and spending money like drunken sailors puts the…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2022
And I would say that running huge budget deficits and racking up debt and spending money like drunken sailors puts the dollar far more at risk than this debate about digital currency.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes warns that budget deficits threaten the dollar's value more than digital currency discussions.

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