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On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
So, more spending is not the solution to inflation because if all of those spending programs worked as well as my Democratic colleagues have claimed, well, why did we stop at $3 trillion or $4 trillion of spending?
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Critiques excessive government spending as ineffective against inflation.

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