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"Yes, the deficit is a grave problem, but the way to cut it is never to increase taxes (certainly not during a recession!) but instead to slash government expenditures."

— Rothbard, Murray event 1995

From Making Economic Sense (p. 22)

Context: From "Discussing the 'Issues'" in Making Economic Sense (1995), p. 22.

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