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W. Todd Akin: “This is what was promised with the government bailout. You know, we are going to do the stimulus bill, $800 billion. And…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2010
This is what was promised with the government bailout. You know, we are going to do the stimulus bill, $800 billion. And if you do the stimulus bill, these are the numbers the administration and the Democrats said--this is what's going to happen to unemployment; it's going to go down. And if you don't pass the bill, they said this is what's going to happen. But we did pass the bill, and that's what happened. Obviously, their economics don't work. They don't understand the facts. So where have we gone? Here is the picture right here. This is the nasty little secret down here. You remember hearing that they used to say that George Bush spent too much money.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Jul 14, 2010

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The speaker is criticizing the effectiveness of the government bailout and stimulus bill.

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