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Steve Pearce: We talk every day in this Administration about fairness to the 99 percent. But when I see the actions, I see things that…

On the recordApril 24, 2012
We talk every day in this Administration about fairness to the 99 percent. But when I see the actions, I see things that look desperately like the 1 percent got much more fair treatment than the 99 percent.
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

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Pearce criticizes regulatory actions favoring the wealthy over the general public.

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