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Scott Rigell: “We simply cannot continue to borrow 42 cents of every dollar we spend and expect to dig ourselves out of this debt…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
We simply cannot continue to borrow 42 cents of every dollar we spend and expect to dig ourselves out of this debt crisis.
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Scott Rigell
Republican · Virginia

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Rigell highlights the unsustainable nature of current borrowing practices.

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