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On the recordJuly 17, 2018
My friends on the other side of the aisle completely rejected Keynesian economics at the time and said that wasn't going to work.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the opposition's past rejection of Keynesian economics while now supporting similar fiscal policies.

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