What I'm hearing you say is, first of all, the package that the Democrats are proposing includes a whole lot of spending. If it's got a whole lot of spending, the assumption then appears to be that if the government spends a whole lot of money, it's going to make everything better. Now when you had to run the treasury of Colorado, is that the approach you used, that when you got in trouble you spent more money?
Questioning the effectiveness of the Democrats' spending package during a debate.
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