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On the recordFebruary 11, 2003
The gentleman indicated that deficits reduce the size of government. Is this budget coming in not presented to us larger than the one before? So it does not reduce the size of government. When we cut all these taxes and reduce revenue, we are not reducing the size of government. We are just running up debt on which we have to pay interest.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the implications of tax cuts and budget deficits on government size.

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