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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
I supported it, because looking back in retrospect, if we had a balanced budget amendment in place, it might have made it a little bit difficult to pass the 2001, 2003 tax cuts without paying for them or entering into two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without paying a nickel for them.
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Ron Kind
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Kind reflects on the implications of a balanced budget amendment on tax cuts and wars.

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