On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
Our deficit is several hundred billion dollars more than all the money we vote to spend.
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congress.govRoscoe Bartlett: “Our deficit is several hundred billion dollars more than all the money we vote to spend.”
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Bartlett highlights the severity of the national deficit compared to spending.
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