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Kent Conrad: “In my opinion, the result of all this is we have fiscal cancer, and it is metastasizing at the rate that very soon no…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2009
In my opinion, the result of all this is we have fiscal cancer, and it is metastasizing at the rate that very soon no surgery, no chemotherapy, no radiation will be able to cure the problem.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad emphasizes the severity of the fiscal situation in the U.S.

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