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On the recordMarch 20, 2017
When you have that kind of systemic repeat dysfunction over the decades, you've got to believe it's not totally pathological; it's working for somebody.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin questions who benefits from ongoing waste and dysfunction in government.

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