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Robert C. Byrd: “It was OK to have deficits back then because they were being used to finance the military buildup that the Republican…”

On the recordApril 20, 1993
It was OK to have deficits back then because they were being used to finance the military buildup that the Republican Presidents so desperately wanted.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Apr 20, 1993

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Debating deficit spending and the administration's economic proposals.

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