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Tom McClintock: If higher and higher spending and bigger and bigger deficits and massive government stimulus spending was the root to…

On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
If higher and higher spending and bigger and bigger deficits and massive government stimulus spending was the root to prosperity, I would have thought that the George Bush administration would have ended with a new golden era for the American economy.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock questions the effectiveness of government stimulus during Bush's presidency.

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