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Ritchie Torres: Is it fair to say that we have a financial system that robs poor people of their fixed income, that essentially siphons…

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
Is it fair to say that we have a financial system that robs poor people of their fixed income, that essentially siphons the most from those who have the least?
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres questions the fairness of the financial system for low-income individuals.

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