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Sean Casten: “We have about $1.5 trillion worth of debt. My colleagues across the aisle last term blew a $1.5 trillion hole in the…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
We have about $1.5 trillion worth of debt. My colleagues across the aisle last term blew a $1.5 trillion hole in the economy...
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

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Criticism of economic policies benefiting the wealthy while student debt remains high.

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