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Eric Hovde: “Go back to Japan, look at Japan over the last 22 years. They…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 57:10

Because guess what? What most career politicians don't understand is as this economy continues to weaken, that brush is just going to keep sweeping them out. Sweeping them out. Go back to Japan, look at Japan over the last 22 years. They haven't even been able to keep a stable government at all during that 22 years. Why? People are frustrated and they're going to continue to remain exceptionally frustrated and sweep politicians out until things get corrected. That's what's happened in Greece. How many governments have they toppled? (57:10–57:19)

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Asserts that Japan has not maintained a stable government over the last 22 years.

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