Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 10, 1999
There are five of us, so our share of the national debt is $100,000, and next year it is going to be $103,000. It is going the wrong way.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the rising national debt.

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