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Steve Pearce: “What business is it of the government if I want to borrow $100 to get me through to the next payday?”

On the recordApril 14, 2015
What business is it of the government if I want to borrow $100 to get me through to the next payday?
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Pearce questions government intervention in personal borrowing.

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