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On the recordJanuary 27, 2004
In our economy, if you cut taxes by, a dollar, people will go out and spend $2.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Contrasting U.S. and Japanese economic behavior regarding tax cuts.

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