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Steve Womack: most politicians don't like to raise taxes. And most politicians don't like to cut benefits that have currently accrued…

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
most politicians don't like to raise taxes. And most politicians don't like to cut benefits that have currently accrued a certain people, but at the end of the day when you have a trillion dollar deficit as far as the eye can see, something has got to give.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack discusses the challenges of addressing the national deficit and the reluctance to raise taxes or cut benefits.

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