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W. Todd Akin: What you are saying is most businessmen, if you tell them we are having trouble with overspending so what we are going…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2011
What you are saying is most businessmen, if you tell them we are having trouble with overspending so what we are going to do is spend some more, they are going to laugh you out of the shop; is that basically what it boils down to?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jan 20, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing fiscal responsibility and government spending.

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