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I don't even like playing a contentious role.

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
James Warren Jim DeMint
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Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.
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Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.
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American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.
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