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On the recordJuly 16, 2012
I think just delaying everything, just saying we are not going to do it, put it off a year, I think that would be a very bad outcome.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke argues against delaying fiscal decisions, suggesting it would be detrimental.

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