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Pete Hoekstra: “If we really think about it, a debt of $20,000 per person, and I am a family of five, meaning that my share of the…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1999
If we really think about it, a debt of $20,000 per person, and I am a family of five, meaning that my share of the national debt is greater than my mortgage.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the implications of national debt on families.

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