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Tom Carper: “The three keys to deficit reduction, if we are serious about it, are tax reform that makes more sense out of the tax…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
The three keys to deficit reduction, if we are serious about it, are tax reform that makes more sense out of the tax code and actually produces some revenues for deficit reduction; entitlement reform that saves money and saves the programs for future generations and does not savage old people or poor people; and just look at everything we do, everything we do, and ask how do we get a better result for less money or for the same amount of money.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper outlines key strategies for effective deficit reduction.

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