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On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
We have built our consumption based upon basically debt or bubble assets, that type of thing, rather than just earnings.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin critiques the reliance on debt and asset bubbles for economic growth.

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