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Amy Klobuchar: American households now stand at owing 130 percent of their annual income in total debt.

On the recordJune 8, 2009
American households now stand at owing 130 percent of their annual income in total debt.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar highlights the alarming debt levels of American households.

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