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Joe Courtney: “When you go to Main Street and you see the challenges that people are facing to survive these days in terms of basic…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
When you go to Main Street and you see the challenges that people are facing to survive these days in terms of basic commodities like food and fuel, and they just don't have any confidence in markets that, as you described are opaque and accessible and volatile, that is what is driving the anger and cynicism that is out there every single day.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney highlights the struggles of Main Street Americans with food and fuel prices.

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