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...Investments don't happen without savings," Lugar said. "It's sort of the old Econ 101 formula: savings equals investment...
...Lugar acknowledged that a consumption tax would fall disproportionately on those with lower incomes, and he proposed exempting certain classes of goods (such as food and medicine) in order to make the tax more progressive...
...There are some candidates who always say that there's an enemy responsible for this, not our savings," Lugar said. "Occasionally it's immigrants, blacks, Hispanics.... None of that has had any real effect on what we're talking about; it's savings...
...Lugar's second broad theme was America's role in the new world order...
...Lugar cited a poll showing that just 27 percent of those surveyed took an interest in international affairs...