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Bill Bennett: “I ask the Senator, if he is interested, if I gave him the names of another 400 economists who were in favor of the Bush…”

On the recordMay 14, 2003
I ask the Senator, if he is interested, if I gave him the names of another 400 economists who were in favor of the Bush tax cut if he would put them on his chart? Such names are available.
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Bill Bennett

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Discussing support for the Bush tax cut during a Senate debate.

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