Greensapn said in JAN. 1999 :" He prefers Tax Cuts to More Spending:
Greenspan: " Well, as I've said many a time —and some of your colleagues have repeated my mantra— that is, I would, one, prefer that we keep the surplus in place. If that proves politically infeasible, cutting taxes is far superior to spending, as far as the long-term stability of the fiscal system and the economy is concerned ".
[Emphasis added.] (Transcript of Senate Budget Committee, January 28, 1999.)
mediaresearch.org The networks distorted Alan Greenspan’s opposition to tax cuts, ignoring how if the alternative is more spending, "then I very strongly support tax cuts."
mediaresearch.org . . "Cut Taxes, If Surplus Cannot Be Saved," Greenspan Says Wednesday, January 20, 1999
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