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On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
Why was it the country didn't go into default or disappear from the face of the Earth because of this reckless spending that had been done by these Presidents?
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott questions the narrative around government spending during historical crises.

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