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Bill Delahunt: “Can I suggest that what we will see with that trend line in terms of the increase of the number of scientists and…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2006
Can I suggest that what we will see with that trend line in terms of the increase of the number of scientists and mathematicians and computer personnel is those jobs, those well-paying jobs will also trend towards China and India and OPEC and all those countries that we are borrowing from today. And we discussed this last night, that we have borrowed from that, are funding those tax cuts that translate into 1 percent of Americans, the most affluent, receiving 40 percent of the benefits. We are putting ourselves on a trajectory that will put America permanently behind.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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