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On the recordMay 25, 2010
It always amuses me to listen to my Republican colleagues talk about the economy. They talk about smaller government, they talk about lower taxes, they talk about cutting spending. I call this ``bumper strip economics.'' And we've seen what bumper strip economics means. It was called the Bush administration, and that led us to the worst recession that we faced in this country since the 1930s. In Kentucky, we've seen what bumper strips actually mean. When Senate candidate Rand Paul says, Smaller government means not just don't hold oil companies accountable, let's not hold mining companies accountable for 29 deaths, let's not even let the government enforce basic civil rights, no, the country needs more than bumper strip economics and slogan politics. We need policies that are actually going to get this country moving again, and that's what Democrats in Congress are committed to providing.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth critiques Republican economic policies and advocates for Democratic solutions.

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