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Adam Smith: “It is imperative that we focus our fiscal restraint on the driver of the debt instead of the protector of our…”

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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