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Rick Allen: History is cluttered with the wreckage of great nations because they did not protect their financial systems.

On the recordMay 11, 2022
History is cluttered with the wreckage of great nations because they did not protect their financial systems.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Warning about the consequences of failing to secure financial systems.

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