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Jim Pillen: “I’m not a speculator. I learned in my business if you speculated, you went broke, so I don’t speculate.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2026
I’m not a speculator. I learned in my business if you speculated, you went broke, so I don’t speculate.
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Jim Pillen
Republican · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on economic forecasting during a news conference.

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