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Tom Carper: “We need to begin easing off of the accelerator with one foot and start tapping the brakes with the other foot, as we…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2009
We need to begin easing off of the accelerator with one foot and start tapping the brakes with the other foot, as we begin to slow the growth in spending and again begin to grow revenues.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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Editor's note · Context

Carper emphasizes the need to balance spending cuts with revenue growth.

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