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Steve Pearce: my difficulty is I have to go back and explain to people who make $31,000 a year, on average, in New Mexico... why they…

On the recordApril 23, 2013
my difficulty is I have to go back and explain to people who make $31,000 a year, on average, in New Mexico... why they are going to pay taxes to bail out Greece.
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

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Pearce highlights the challenge of justifying taxpayer support for Greece.

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