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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.
Said by
Scott Rigell
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Rigell highlights the unsustainable nature of current borrowing practices.

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