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Adam Smith: “We are $21 trillion in debt, and counting. The deficit last year was close to $700 billion, and it is going up, not…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
We are $21 trillion in debt, and counting. The deficit last year was close to $700 billion, and it is going up, not down.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Highlighting the growing national debt and deficit issues.

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