Phil Bredesen (Philip Norman Bredesen Jr) Quotes

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

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• Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

  

  Phil Bredesen
  • Growth
  • Dollar
  • Deficits