$1.9T Stimulus Bill w/ Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

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$1.9T Stimulus Bill w/ Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

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Veronique de Rugy joins to discuss the $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief bill and how it impacts the United State's already growing federal debt…which is now exceeding $28 trillion dollars.
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$1.9T Stimulus Bill w/ Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

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