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Robert Ehrlich: The bottom line is, my friend, when you empower families, when you return money to people, when you stop the ability of…

On the recordJuly 29, 1997
The bottom line is, my friend, when you empower families, when you return money to people, when you stop the ability of government to always, always, always grow, you hardly ever go wrong, and that is the bottom line to this package.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing the importance of empowering families and reducing government growth.

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