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Alan Simpson: “Start using those precious social media skills to go out and sign people up on this baby, three people a week, let it…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2012
Start using those precious social media skills to go out and sign people up on this baby, three people a week, let it grow. And don't forget: take part or get taken apart. Boy, these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there.

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Alan Simpson urges young people to engage in political activism to address the national debt.

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