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Tim Ryan: “Record-breaking spending, record-breaking deficits. The party of fiscal conservatism has become an absolute joke. It has…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
Record-breaking spending, record-breaking deficits. The party of fiscal conservatism has become an absolute joke. It has become a caricature of itself. Here is a conservative that we may disagree with on many, many issues, Cal Thomas of the Washington Times, a conservative newspaper, a conservative columnist, one of the most conservative in the country who tries to provide a little advice to the Republican majority: ``Here is a suggestion on your budget cuts: Don't start with the poor, start with the rich.''
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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