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John H. Cochrane: “We are not now going to raise taxes in order to increase spending above the baseline.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
We are not now going to raise taxes in order to increase spending above the baseline.
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John H. Cochrane
New York

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Cochrane asserts that tax increases for higher spending are not acceptable.

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