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Neil Abercrombie: “I had not gotten to that, but as Mr. Smith knows from our previous discussion, that is where in fact the money comes…”

On the recordJune 4, 1996
I had not gotten to that, but as Mr. Smith knows from our previous discussion, that is where in fact the money comes from. We borrow the money to mask the deficit, do we not?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Discussing fiscal policy and deficit borrowing.

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