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Jon Fox: “The advantage, according to Alan Greenspan with the Federal Reserve, is by having reduced interest costs it will be…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1996
The advantage, according to Alan Greenspan with the Federal Reserve, is by having reduced interest costs it will be easier to afford a mortgage, easier to pay for a college loan, easier to pay for a car expense. Those kinds of things are in real dollars going to be decreased in cost if we can in fact pass a balanced budget, and also create about 300,000 new jobs a year. So the overall boost to our economy will be terrific.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the benefits of a balanced budget during a floor speech.

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