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Andy Barr: I fear the toxic cocktail of massive deficit spending, when we had $1 trillion of funding still unspent from last year…

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
I fear the toxic cocktail of massive deficit spending, when we had $1 trillion of funding still unspent from last year, increasing risk of inflation, higher long-term interest rates, and unprecedented accommodative monetary policy that I fear is addicting our economy on easy money.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr expresses concern over deficit spending and its potential negative economic impacts.

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