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Roger Williams: Main Street America is not back. Some of our friends say the economy has come back, it is doing well. It is not doing…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
Main Street America is not back. Some of our friends say the economy has come back, it is doing well. It is not doing well, as evidenced by the high unemployment rate that we still continue to have, underemployment, and so forth.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

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Williams argues that the economy is struggling despite claims of recovery.

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