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Tim Ryan: “We have 50-some percent of the people in this country who can't withstand a $500 emergency. Our pension system is…”

On the recordJune 7, 2018
We have 50-some percent of the people in this country who can't withstand a $500 emergency. Our pension system is collapsing. Our financial aid system is collapsing. We have got to make a decision to reinvest back in this country. And the Republican leadership here is disinvesting in the United States. We are seeing it with the stock buybacks, we are seeing it with the tax cut, and now we are seeing it with the rescissions package.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio
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Jun 7, 2018

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