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Debbie Stabenow: “I was against deficits then when I voted, for the first time in 30 years, to balance the budget. I was against deficits…”

On the recordJune 22, 2010
I was against deficits then when I voted, for the first time in 30 years, to balance the budget. I was against deficits when I supported a different way to go with the largest surpluses created by the policies of President Clinton, when I said just focusing on the wealthy in this country and tax benefits for the wealthy not only was not fair, but it was going to balloon the deficit; that not paying for two wars was going to balloon the deficit; that not paying for really any major policy during the 8 years of the Bush administration would balloon the deficit. I was against deficits at that time as well, and I am still against deficits.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan
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govinfo.gov
Jun 22, 2010

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Stabenow discusses her long-standing opposition to budget deficits and reflects on past fiscal policies.

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