I always get beat up at my town meetings between getting the deficit and the debt confused.
Pete Hoekstra: “I always get beat up at my town meetings between getting the deficit and the debt confused.”
On the recordApril 22, 1998
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Discussing public confusion over deficit and debt during a town meeting.
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