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Tom McClintock: Taxes are often suggested as an antidote to debt, but are not debt and taxes the same thing?

On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
Taxes are often suggested as an antidote to debt, but are not debt and taxes the same thing?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock argues that debt and taxes are essentially two sides of the same coin.

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