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Dale Bumpers: If we did not have to pay interest on just the increased deficit that was accumulated when Ronald Reagan was President…

On the recordJune 5, 1996
If we did not have to pay interest on just the increased deficit that was accumulated when Ronald Reagan was President, we would not be standing here debating today because we would have a nice healthy surplus.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing the impact of the deficit from the Reagan administration.

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