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Pat Ryan: “What I think the President is trying to do here is to again exploit envy economics. This top down redistribution doesn't…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
What I think the President is trying to do here is to again exploit envy economics. This top down redistribution doesn't work.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan criticizes the President's budget approach as ineffective for economic growth.

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