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Mike Erickson: “Those people that have got those degrees are some of the…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published | Video Starts at 11:59

The intent may have been good to give some relief to some of these people, especially with COVID and so forth. There's a whole group of people out there, like myself and others that didn't get this benefit. So really, Those people that have got those degrees are some of the highest paying people, paid people in our state and our country. There are a lot of people didn't go to college. And they're telling me on the street, why didn't, why didn't, why didn't just give me $10,000 right now, pay off my debt from my credit card debt? (11:59–12:07)

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