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Steve King: “The price for crime is paid not by the taxpayers across the board, on average, so that we all share in that, but it's…”

On the recordApril 30, 2015
The price for crime is paid not by the taxpayers across the board, on average, so that we all share in that, but it's paid in great, huge, whopping chunks from the victims of crimes themselves.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the financial burden of crime on victims versus taxpayers.

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