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Jim Risch: “Your understanding of economics is a lot like a lot of us Americans but you need to spend a little more time with the…”

On the recordMay 16, 2016
Your understanding of economics is a lot like a lot of us Americans but you need to spend a little more time with the government.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch comments on the complexity of government economics compared to common sense economics.

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