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Samuel L. Jackson: “Nobody looks back at the Great Depression and says that the problem was that Congress did too much.”

On the recordJune 2, 2020
Nobody looks back at the Great Depression and says that the problem was that Congress did too much.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Indiana

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Moulton argues that past government actions during crises were not excessive.

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