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Adam Smith: “The burden, the real burden of this committee, this House, and the Senate, and the President is to get rid of it one way…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
The burden, the real burden of this committee, this House, and the Senate, and the President is to get rid of it one way or the other, to make sure that it doesn't happen.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Adam Smith emphasizes the need to prevent negative impacts from fiscal issues.

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