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Cato Video • July 18, 2011 

# “Cut, Cap and Balance,” the Debt Ceiling and Federal Spending 

Produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg. 

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##### [Chris Edwards](/people/chris-edwards)

Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, Cato Institute and Editor, Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org

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##### [Daniel J. Mitchell](/people/daniel-mitchell)

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