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Mark Kelly: “But at the end of the day every single penny came out of taxpayers' pockets, it did not come out of the government; it…”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
But at the end of the day every single penny came out of taxpayers' pockets, it did not come out of the government; it was funneled through the government.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Kelly emphasizes that government spending ultimately comes from taxpayers.

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