Merrill Cook: “I think what is real important here is to understand that, if we had…”

On the recordDecember 1, 1997

I think what is real important here is to understand that, if we had not done the tax cuts, that we were actually getting this money back to the people, and we could not frame it in this framework of, well, listen, we are going to do one of two things, we are either going to spend it here in Washington or we are going to let our families keep it themselves, it was that framework, it was that idea that we could allow the American people to keep the money instead of Washington spending that has helped us control this growth of government spending.

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Merrill Cook

Utah

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Dec 1, 1997

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