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Walter B. Jones: Is it not true, and please correct me if I am wrong, obviously we are working toward balancing the budget for the year…

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
Is it not true, and please correct me if I am wrong, obviously we are working toward balancing the budget for the year 2002. But to get to a zero debt, a zero debt, we must balance the budget every year for the next 25 years from the year 2002 and forward for 25 years, is that not correct?
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Discussing the implications of balancing the federal budget and achieving zero debt.

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