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Adam Smith: “The immediate short-term impact of that is that we are going to hit the debt ceiling sooner than we had expected to…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
The immediate short-term impact of that is that we are going to hit the debt ceiling sooner than we had expected to because less revenue is coming into the Treasury.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the implications of tax cuts on national debt and revenue.

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