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Ted Lieu: “What stopped the balanced budget were the Bush tax cuts. That was an economic decision.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
What stopped the balanced budget were the Bush tax cuts. That was an economic decision.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Attributes the end of the balanced budget to tax cuts enacted during Bush's presidency.

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