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Tim Scott: “When your food prices go up over 20 percent, when your electricity is up over 20 percent, you have to ask yourself…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2023
When your food prices go up over 20 percent, when your electricity is up over 20 percent, you have to ask yourself: 'Where in the world are they?'
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the disconnect of policymakers from economic realities.

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