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Patricia Schroeder: “It is right at your front door. But I think you are absolutely correct, with the water at your front door, for which…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1995
It is right at your front door. But I think you are absolutely correct, with the water at your front door, for which there would be a great temptation to say yes, the feds should pay for this and cut any program that there is, you are pointing out if we put cut these feeding programs, we are going to have a much bigger national disaster coming down the road. And it is not fair for the Governor to have it both ways. He can give back State taxes and then we are forced here to send our Federal taxes to him.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Discussing the implications of federal disaster relief and state tax policies.

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