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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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