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Julian Bond: “I traveled around my State the last couple of weeks and asked how many people believed the budget was honest if you said…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1996
I traveled around my State the last couple of weeks and asked how many people believed the budget was honest if you said you would get to balance by making all the cuts in the 6th and 7th years. That is one of the best laugh lines around.
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Julian Bond
Alabama

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Discussing concerns about the honesty of the President's budget proposals.

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