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Angus King: “We will never get out of this hole, and I think we are facing a time bomb of interest rates.”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
We will never get out of this hole, and I think we are facing a time bomb of interest rates.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Senator King expresses concern over the unsustainable national debt and potential interest rate hikes.

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