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Jim DeMint: “Of course, debt eventually has to be paid off, and that means higher taxes for our children and our grandchildren.”

On the recordApril 29, 2009
Of course, debt eventually has to be paid off, and that means higher taxes for our children and our grandchildren.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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Concern about future tax burdens due to increasing national debt.

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