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> [If we had 3 percent growth, which is what we're trying to get to, what we're at, by the way, right now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-mulvaney/if-we-had-3-percent-growth-which-is-what-we-re-trying-to-get-to-what/)

[Mick Mulvaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-mulvaney/)

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> [A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeb-bush/a-four-percent-growth-strategy-means-you-fix-a-convoluted-tax-code/)

[Jeb Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeb-bush/)

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> [I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/i-think-4-percent-growth-is-a-good-goal-and-i-think-the-fact-that-we/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [For the three decades after WWII, incomes grew at about 3 percent a year for people up and down the income ladder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-frank/for-the-three-decades-after-wwii-incomes-grew-at-about-3-percent-a/)

[Robert H. Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-frank/)

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> [Abbott Labs absolutely are on the mend. You were able to buy 15 percent growth over the last five, 10 and 20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-l-katz/abbott-labs-absolutely-are-on-the-mend-you-were-able-to-buy-15/)

[David L. Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-l-katz/)

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> [We got two examples in recent history from this country. One in the '80s under President Reagan. One under President Clinton and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-pawlenty/we-got-two-examples-in-recent-history-from-this-country-one-in-the/)

[Tim Pawlenty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-pawlenty/)

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> [The reason we've been growing at 1.8 percent for the last eight, ten years, which is way below the historical average, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-mulvaney/the-reason-we-ve-been-growing-at-1-8-percent-for-the-last-eight-ten/)

[Mick Mulvaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-mulvaney/)

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> [It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bernanke/it-takes-about-two-and-a-half-percent-growth-just-to-keep/)

[Ben Bernanke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bernanke/)

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