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On the recordOctober 10, 2013
As Nobel laureate Milton Friedman taught, the best single measure of Washington's burden on Main Street is federal spending as a share of the economy.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Brady references Friedman to highlight federal spending's impact on the economy.

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