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On the recordDecember 16, 2009
The Federal Government is the worst credit card abuser in the world and we are putting everything on the tab of our children and grandchildren.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad highlights the government's irresponsible debt management impacting future generations.

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