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Sherrod Brown: “One thing seems to be pretty much certain in this economy: no matter what happens to most Americans--a financial crisis…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2021
One thing seems to be pretty much certain in this economy: no matter what happens to most Americans--a financial crisis, a global pandemic--Wall Street will find a way to profit off of everybody else's pain.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Sherrod Brown highlights Wall Street's profit motives during crises affecting ordinary Americans.

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