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W. Todd Akin: Let's try and speculate a little bit. Let's say the income for the whole year, they make a hundred bucks. So what does…

On the recordJuly 14, 2010
Let's try and speculate a little bit. Let's say the income for the whole year, they make a hundred bucks. So what does this mean, 91 percent? If their income is a hundred dollars for the year, what does that mean? That means they've got an incredible level of debt. They're not going to get back out from under it hardly.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jul 14, 2010

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The speaker is discussing the implications of high debt levels relative to income.

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