On the recordNovember 27, 2017
If we want to avoid making the debt even worse and you are going to add $1.5 trillion to debt, the only way to deal with that is to then cut things like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.
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congress.govChris Van Hollen: “If we want to avoid making the debt even worse and you are going to add $1.5 trillion to debt, the only way to deal with…”
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Van Hollen warns that adding to the debt necessitates cuts to essential programs.
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