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Search results for "Canada Setting Up Sovereign Wealth Fund to Distance Economy From U.S."

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Ari Melber stated on February 05, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle":
"The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 11, 2014
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Former President Barack Obama was arrested after his campaign “took $30 million illegally from Commie China fugitive.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 3, 2023
Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa:
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2019
TikTok posts stated on September 08, 2023 in TikTok posts:
An 1871 law made the United States government a for-profit corporation.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 12, 2024
Hillary Clinton stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
By Adriel Bettelheim• May 12, 2008
Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
By Tom Kertscher• May 15, 2020
Donald Trump stated on April 13, 2020 in a tweet:
"It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."
By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2020
Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2024 in a post on Instagram:
“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”
By Madison Czopek• March 1, 2024
SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• January 4, 2024
Bob Graham stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We know that Saudi Arabia started al-Qaida."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 24, 2016
Facebook posts stated on December 07, 2021 in a post:
"Canada joins the no jab, no food trend"
By Monique Curet• December 10, 2021
Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
By Louis Jacobson• July 25, 2011
Alicia Menendez stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
By Julie Kliegman• April 27, 2014
Bernie Sanders stated on December 05, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place."
By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2014
Michael Bloomberg stated on August 01, 2010 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs.  We set aside 6 percent."
By Erin Mershon• August 5, 2010
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2020 in a post:
“Canada has just criminalized all CV19 measures requiring masks, distancing, quarantining & vaccines.”
By Madison Czopek• September 11, 2020
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address:
"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."
By Jon Greenberg• January 20, 2017
Jeb Bush stated on June 30, 2013 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."
By Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2013
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview:
“In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
By Jessica Calefati• April 16, 2020
Linda Chavez-Thompson stated on January 04, 2010 in a speech:
"Most Texans aren't millionaires."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 20, 2010

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