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Steve Scalise: We've gone from 700 to a trillion, and now more people are coming up with more ideas of how to spend taxpayers money…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
We've gone from 700 to a trillion, and now more people are coming up with more ideas of how to spend taxpayers money; not today's taxpayers, but the next generations and the next generation after that tax money because we don't have enough money.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing government spending and its impact on future generations.

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