On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
There is an ideology around here that all cuts help grow the economy--all cuts help grow the economy--and that all Federal spending is a burden on the economy, and that here endeth the lesson.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “There is an ideology around here that all cuts help grow the economy--all cuts help grow the economy--and that all…”
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Whitehouse criticizes the belief that all federal spending cuts benefit the economy.
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