That Kind Of Approach, I Believe, Will Not Grow Our Economy, Because The Only Way To Pay For It Without Either Burdening The Middle Class Or Blowing Up Our Deficit Is To Make Drastic Cuts In Things Like Education, Making Sure That We Are Continuing To Invest In Basic Science And Research, All The Things That Are Helping America Grow. And I Think That Would Be A Mistake. - SearchQuotes

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That kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy, because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class or blowing up our deficit is to make drastic cuts in things like education, making sure that we are continuing to invest in basic science and research, all the things that are helping America grow. And I think that would be a mistake.

Barack Obama

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