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Tim Scott: “The way that we increase the costs to the most vulnerable in our society is to increase the costs in an area where the…”

On the recordApril 4, 2016
The way that we increase the costs to the most vulnerable in our society is to increase the costs in an area where the fees are lower, that the interest rates are lower.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott argues that increasing fees leads to higher costs for vulnerable communities.

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