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Matt Gaetz: “If you're sitting on $130,000 in student loans because you…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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Published | Video Starts at 1:27:17

There are no choices. Get to work. Well, oftentimes it's people's economic conditions that take the choice away. If you're sitting there. That's what I'm saying. If you're sitting on $130,000 in student loans because you were told that you had this great [future]. That. That's the point I'm making. Great future. They don't have a choice. That's why they do it. And it's a Hobson's choice. But it's not marital bondage as much as it's economic bondage to debt. (1:27:17–1:27:22)

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