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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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