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On the recordMay 18, 2015
I think that some of your conservative economists out there regard this as--to say the word kindly--'gimmickry' 'Budget gimmickry.'
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders critiques conservative economic strategies as budget gimmicks.

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