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On the recordOctober 11, 2011
It is imperative that we focus our fiscal restraint on the driver of the debt instead of the protector of our prosperity.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Smith argues for prioritizing fiscal restraint in a way that does not harm military funding.

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