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On the recordJuly 15, 2009
When the economic downturn started during the last Administration, the President proposed a tax cut. Many of us, myself included, felt that the money might have been better spent in terms of putting it into infrastructure development.
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Michael Arcuri
New York

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Arcuri argues for prioritizing infrastructure spending over tax cuts during economic downturns.

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