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Dick Durbin: “Look at the current recession. The current recession, with 14 million people out of work, not paying taxes and needing…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Look at the current recession. The current recession, with 14 million people out of work, not paying taxes and needing Unemployment as well as food stamps and other things, is a classic example where we need the stabilizers, do we not?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes the need for automatic stabilizers during the current recession.

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