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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
If you talk to most economists, they will tell you a large part of the reason we have inflation is because of the excessive, and I mean, excessive spending that we have done over the last several years.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson discusses inflation and its relation to government spending.

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