That was in response to comments I'd made about the very high number of very large obstacles that need to be overcome before anyone's boots will scuff the soils of Mars.

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"I don't think there's a magic number as to the total that we need to have in the final budget, but it does need to accommodate permanent family child credits, and it needs to accommodate broad-based capital gains relief, " said Rep. Bill Archer (R-Tex.).

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In fact, the tart is so loosey-goosey in its construction that I can give you only a rough guess on the number of apples you'll need.

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We just have a huge difficulty I think with a large number of buildings that at the moment, quite frankly, we don't need.

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America is strong when the makers out number the takers and I believe that everyone genuinely wants to be a maker and they just need to be equipped with the tools and environment to make.

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