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If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut.

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Rand Paul
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 7
Ophthalmologist
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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