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Sean Casten: “We do not have the ability to negotiate the laws of physics or the laws of economics.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
We do not have the ability to negotiate the laws of physics or the laws of economics.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Casten reminds that laws of physics and economics are unchangeable, unlike legislative laws.

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