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Neil Abercrombie: “Is it a correct assumption that if they have not paid any of the debt that you have mentioned so far and are unable to…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1995
Is it a correct assumption that if they have not paid any of the debt that you have mentioned so far and are unable to pay anything on that which we are going to advance them, that they will be combined and the taxpayers in America will have to take up all of that obligation?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the financial implications of advancing funds to debtors.

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