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Adam Smith: “As I like to quote: ``Gentlemen, we are out of money; it is time to think.'' We are, in fact, running out of money--that…”

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As I like to quote: ``Gentlemen, we are out of money; it is time to think.'' We are, in fact, running out of money--that is a Winston Churchill quote, by the way--but we appear to not be willing to do the thinking part about making choices on where we should not and should spend our money.
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Adam Smith
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Jul 13, 2017

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