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John Kerry: “He had $5.6 trillion of surplus, right? He made a choice about what to do with that. A lot of us made a different…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2004
He had $5.6 trillion of surplus, right? He made a choice about what to do with that. A lot of us made a different choice. I voted against his plan. I thought his was the wrong choice.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Kerry discusses the economic decisions made by Bush and contrasts them with his own choices.

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