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Howard Griffith: “Trillions of dollars that will be passed on to the consumers, which will disproportionately hurt the working class, the…”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
Trillions of dollars that will be passed on to the consumers, which will disproportionately hurt the working class, the poor, the middle class, and the elderly.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith discusses the financial burden on various socioeconomic groups.

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