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Tom Marino: “The government needs to be downsized straight across the board by 50 percent, and then maybe we'll get control on people…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
The government needs to be downsized straight across the board by 50 percent, and then maybe we'll get control on people that are cheating the taxpayer.
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Tom Marino
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Marino advocates for significant government downsizing to address inefficiency and misuse of taxpayer funds.

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