How Federal Spending and Government Waste Impact Economic Growth
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Romina Boccia, Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses federal spending and debt, Social Security and the debt limit, and the proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Union.
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