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Tom McClintock: Government can't put a dollar into the economy without first taking that same dollar out of the economy.

On the recordJune 13, 2022
Government can't put a dollar into the economy without first taking that same dollar out of the economy.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Assertion that government spending requires prior taxation.

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