Listen, I think everybody, all the economists agree that only the government can now do this. That the Federal Reserve has exhausted its remedies, it can't do very much, it's always working, but it can't lower interest rates very much when they're down so low already.
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No, their problem is Anderson, he's got more support back in their districts in their states than they do and that gives him enormous -- it gives him enormous leverage against them.
I think it makes it more likely that Joe Biden will win the election. It makes it more likely that the Democrats will take over the Senate.
Yes, absolutely, Anderson. And in fact, Democrats on the House side are starting on this and of course, Nancy Pelosi is pushing it within the confines of the badly run negotiations.
We're entering some kind of the most dangerous days of Donald Trump's presidency. He is erratic.
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