This is about paying for the war in Iraq, which I was opposed to, but I believe we still have an obligation to pay for, including the 1 million new veterans that were created that are currently straining our VA system. In addition, This is a vote about paying for the tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 that continued right through 2010 based upon the mistaken notion theology that was applied suggesting that in fact tax cuts pay for themselves. This is about a turnaround of a projected surplus of $5 trillion that instead became ongoing deficits in debt noted for the ill conceived policies that many of our friends … (00:41–01:00)
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Asserts that tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 continued through 2010 and were based on the idea that tax cuts pay for themselves.
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