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Bill Nelson: this Nation's fiscal policy is careening off the road into bankruptcy. And that means, if we are having to go out and…

On the recordOctober 2, 2003
this Nation's fiscal policy is careening off the road into bankruptcy. And that means, if we are having to go out and borrow money--by the way, borrowing it from places such as Saudi Arabia and the Chinese--in order to pay our bills, that means we are not able to spend money going into education and health care and Social Security. You have to get some relief somewhere. This is a good place. Stop the tax cuts that are supposed to be going into effect for the wealthiest, and let that $87 billion pay for these expenses that are incurred in Iraq.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Addressing concerns about the nation's fiscal policy and advocating for the cessation of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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