Our economy was in bad shape and, unfortunately, getting worse.
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
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So, Mr. Speaker, so if millionaires took a $65,000 tax cut as opposed to a $103,000 tax cut, we could pay for the student loan program.
I was the sole person who had to make that decision. But, when you look back at the alternatives that I had, it was the right decision. And I have no question that it was the right thing to do then. And I'm more certain today.
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