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Erskine Bowles: “We can either take the ostrich theory and put our heads in the sand, or we can decide we are going to step up and do…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
We can either take the ostrich theory and put our heads in the sand, or we can decide we are going to step up and do something about.
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Erskine Bowles
North Carolina

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Bowles urges action on national debt instead of ignoring the problem.

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