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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 3, 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

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Adam Smith advocates for prioritizing defense spending in budget discussions.

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