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Tom McClintock: the deficit is just a future tax. We borrow it now and we pay it back through future taxes.

On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
the deficit is just a future tax. We borrow it now and we pay it back through future taxes.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock emphasizes the long-term consequences of deficit spending.

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