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Betty McCollum: “The budget deficit is not a spending problem.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
The budget deficit is not a spending problem.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

McCollum argues that the budget deficit isn't primarily about spending.

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