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Don Stockton

Hatch allowed deficit to balloon during his terms

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 3:59pm

Editor,

The national debt stood at less than $700 billion when Senator Hatch took office in January 1977. By the time President Bush left office in January 2009, the debt had ballooned to more than $10,600 billion. How many times in those 32 years did Senator Hatch vote to approve a budget that was not balanced and then vote to increase the national debt to pay for it?

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Hatch would cut Social Security before taxing rich

Don Stockton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 4:35pm

Regarding Sen. Hatch's recent E-newsletter, if tax cuts are so good for the economy, why is it so bad considering the cuts since 2001? How does cutting subsidies for major oil companies and raising taxes on millionaires equate to "raising taxes on hardworking Utah families and small businesses?" The federal government borrows 40 cents of every dollar it spends. If a balanced budget amendment passed, where would you we cut 40 percent. Would we cut 40 percent of the workforce at Hill? Or, take a 40 percent reduction in Social Security retirement?

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