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On the recordMay 26, 2015
If it's not possible to do that--if a business or a home or whatever it may be, is still locked into that system, you can't build a growing sense of wealth.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights the challenges of building wealth when property is in trust.

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