Kent Conrad: “The Congress and the policymakers, we have to walk and chew gum at the…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011

The Congress and the policymakers, we have to walk and chew gum at the same time.

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Conrad stresses the need for simultaneous short-term stimulus and long-term deficit reduction.

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Kent Conrad: “The Congress and the policymakers, we have to walk and chew gum at the same time.”