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On the recordAugust 2, 2010
Is that not just kind of a transferring of what we cannot pay for and what our excesses are presently to my children and grandchildren? Is that not kind of a wealth transfer or a debt transfer?
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Bunning highlights concerns about debt being passed to future generations.

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