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Paul Tonko: for what has been deemed a tax-and-spend presidency, it seems to me that President Obama is cutting taxes more and…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
for what has been deemed a tax-and-spend presidency, it seems to me that President Obama is cutting taxes more and increasing spending less as a share of GDP than many of our great Republican leaders
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko argues that Obama is managing taxes and spending better than past Republican presidents.

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