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Joe Scarborough: I have to ask you, in your reading of the balanced budget amendment as it is, does it seem to be ideologically driven by…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1995
I have to ask you, in your reading of the balanced budget amendment as it is, does it seem to be ideologically driven by conservatism or by liberals, or is it value-neutral and policy-neutral as far as just what the goal is, and that is, to spend as much money--only as much money as you take in?
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing the implications of a balanced budget amendment.

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