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Graham Platner: “We have taken on an immense amount of debt, specifically…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Published | Video Starts at 1:11:59

… moment we have to talk about health care, suddenly we have to pull our pockets out and pretend like we're paupers. I just take issue with the framing primarily because We have taken on an immense amount of debt, specifically over the past 30 years. I guess I'm asking and are people's taxes going to have to go up? The answer is no, because we're going to go after the money where it went. (1:11:59–1:12:05)

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Asserts that the U.S. has accumulated significant debt over the past 30 years.

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