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Cynthia Lummis: “If Congress just increases taxes to eliminate the deficit in 10 years, let's say, without cutting spending, could that…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
If Congress just increases taxes to eliminate the deficit in 10 years, let's say, without cutting spending, could that have an effect on our economic recovery, a negative effect?
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis questions the impact of tax increases on economic recovery during a recession.

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