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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Not be able to get to work. How do people who are living paycheck to paycheck factor in $53, $56 into their weekly…”

On the recordMay 10, 2006
Not be able to get to work. How do people who are living paycheck to paycheck factor in $53, $56 into their weekly budget? And we have shown those charts, before too, and we can again. When your bottom line gas tank, filling-the-gas-tank cost goes from $20-something to $50-something every time you fill up, and people who have to drive any distance, I mean, we are from an urban community, a suburban community, as are both of you. {time} 2100 You just cannot zip around these communities in 2 seconds. You have to drive to get to most places. We are going to get to a point where people will lose their jobs because they will not be able to get to their jobs. Mr. Ryan, let us just digress for a second and show what is going on.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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