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Pat Ryan: I don't know why those rules can't apply to government as well.

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
I don't know why those rules can't apply to government as well.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan questions why government can't manage debt like individuals do.

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