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Jim McDermott: “Investment, not austerity, is what our economy needs to get working again.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Investment, not austerity, is what our economy needs to get working again.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott argues for investment over austerity to revive the economy.

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