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W. Todd Akin: We're not just saying things won't work. Yes, what's being proposed, putting the government tremendously into debt, a…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
We're not just saying things won't work. Yes, what's being proposed, putting the government tremendously into debt, a lot Federal spending does not solve the problem, but there is a way to solve this problem. It's just going to require a little discipline, like some good wrestlers in the State of Ohio know, and I want to let you continue with that because we have a solution, a positive way, a bold approach to take care of this problem. We don't have to turn a recession into a great depression. But the solution that's being proposed always created depressions from recessions. We don't want to do that. We've got a way to solve the problem.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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Discussing government spending and economic solutions during a floor debate.

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