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I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.
Vinod Khosla
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Vinod Khosla
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 28
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