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Mick Mulvaney: “There is no such thing as a deficit. It is simply a future tax increase delayed.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
There is no such thing as a deficit. It is simply a future tax increase delayed.
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Mick Mulvaney
Republican · South Carolina

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Mulvaney emphasizes that deficits lead to future tax increases.

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