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On the recordJuly 28, 2015
So let me ask you, how are we getting away with this when we have almost doubled the debt per capita? Why are we not seeing riots in the streets?
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the lack of public unrest despite rising debt levels.

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