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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I have just gone through an exercise to get the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by the fifth year of the budget period and to balance by the end of a 10-year budget window.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Conrad emphasizes the importance of addressing the deficit and budget balance.

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