“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordJuly 31, 2012
Three percent, about half the whole sales tax in South Carolina just to collect it.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina
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DeMint discusses the high costs of collecting sales tax in South Carolina.

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