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sage might have been less needed had Democrats Heeded Republican warnings during the flush days of the 1980’s when revenues were rapidly pouring in and were also rapidly pouring out through unprecedented spending. Much of that spending, GOP candidates may say, was pork barrel in nature and it would have been better to set aside those funds for a rainy day.
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