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Mark Kelly: “Well-intentioned or not, we end up in a situation where we continue to throw good money after bad because we can't stand…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
Well-intentioned or not, we end up in a situation where we continue to throw good money after bad because we can't stand and tell people, you know what, it was a bad policy.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the persistence of ineffective government programs.

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