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Mike Pence: We can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy.

On the recordOctober 29, 2009
We can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy.
Said by
Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Pence argues against the current economic strategy of borrowing and spending, advocating for fiscal discipline instead.

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