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On the recordOctober 21, 2015
Somehow that equation does not make a lot of sense to me. I think this is an issue that has to be dealt with.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Senator Sanders critiques the disparity between high interest rates and poverty in Puerto Rico.

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