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Graham Platner: “We will never be able to pay off our debt if we don't invest…”

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

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Graham Platner Wants a Democratic Revolution | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 1:13:18

We didn't take on that debt to create new programs to elevate all of us as a nation. I think this is really important to understand. One of the reasons we're gonna. We will never be able to pay off our debt if we don't invest in making America more productive. in the way that we make America more productive is by uplifting everybody in it to give them the opportunity to create and to produce, to consume. I mean, what's funny, I. (1:13:18–1:13:27)

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Asserts that U.S. debt repayment is contingent on investments in productivity.

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