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Frank Lucas: “The big difference is interest rates. We don't have 18 or 20 percent interest that a farmer told me Jesus Christ himself…”

On the recordJune 1, 2015
The big difference is interest rates. We don't have 18 or 20 percent interest that a farmer told me Jesus Christ himself couldn't pay 20 percent interest.
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Frank Lucas
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lucas contrasts current interest rates with those of the early 1980s, highlighting a significant difference.

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