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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
Shouldn't any stimulus package not add to the long-term baseline? Shouldn't it be basically focused on the immediate problem, be temporary, be targeted, and have a horizon which is definable rather than be a baseline builder in the out-years?
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Judd Gregg
New Hampshire

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Gregg questions the structure and goals of proposed stimulus packages.

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