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John Garamendi: “It is much easier to say don't cut this, don't raise that tax. The hard part of governing--and in a representative…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
It is much easier to say don't cut this, don't raise that tax. The hard part of governing--and in a representative democracy theoretically we all have some responsibility for governing--is making choices.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi emphasizes the difficulty of making tough fiscal choices in governance.

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