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Tim Kaine: “We have tried taxing, spending, and borrowing to jump-start our way to prosperity. The President proposed more of the…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
We have tried taxing, spending, and borrowing to jump-start our way to prosperity. The President proposed more of the same in his State of the Union. It has not worked. This will not work. We need a course correction.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Call for a change in economic strategy due to ineffective past policies.

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