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Pat Ryan: “What I think is there is an absolute trade-off between putting revenues above their historical average share of GDP and…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
What I think is there is an absolute trade-off between putting revenues above their historical average share of GDP and cutting Social Security and the federal health care programs.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan discusses the trade-off between revenue increases and cuts to Social Security and healthcare.

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