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Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget.
John Spratt
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John Spratt
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 1
Banker
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Former U.S. Representative
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Charlotte
North Carolina
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