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Mike Simpson: “$8-a-gallon gasoline makes them afraid. It is a cruel tax on the people of north Mississippi.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
$8-a-gallon gasoline makes them afraid. It is a cruel tax on the people of north Mississippi.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Describing the impact of high gasoline prices on constituents in north Mississippi.

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