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Tom Cotton: This is not a matter of opinion based on a preference for limited government. It's a brutally objective fact of life.

On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
This is not a matter of opinion based on a preference for limited government. It's a brutally objective fact of life.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the unsustainable nature of national debt regardless of government preference.

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