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Nick Smith: “Do you agree, Mr. Abercrombie, if I might presume to ask you a question, that we should cut spending enough, both…”

On the recordJune 4, 1996
Do you agree, Mr. Abercrombie, if I might presume to ask you a question, that we should cut spending enough, both discretionary spending and the welfare entitlement spending, enough so that at the end, when we call it a balanced budget, we are no longer borrowing from Social Security.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing the need to cut spending to achieve a balanced budget.

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