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John McCain: If you are able to increase the budget and the size of government by 40 percent, don't you think you could cut some of…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2008
If you are able to increase the budget and the size of government by 40 percent, don't you think you could cut some of it?
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain discusses the possibility of cutting the budget to fund his tax cuts.

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