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Jeb Bush: I don't think that President Jefferson, if he knew that we were spending at the level we were spending, if he saw the…

On the recordMay 31, 2012
I don't think that President Jefferson, if he knew that we were spending at the level we were spending, if he saw the size and the scope of the Federal Government, he would be appalled.
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Jeb Bush

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Jeb Bush argues that Thomas Jefferson would disapprove of current federal spending levels.

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