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On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
This idea of going state to state and promising what people want to hear, promising billions, hundreds of billions of dollars to make people happy, that's what got us into the trouble we're in now. We've got to say no to this kind of spending.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney criticizes politicians for making unrealistic promises about spending.

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