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Mike Simpson: “If it was mandatory, you would pretty much know what it is going to be the next year.”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
If it was mandatory, you would pretty much know what it is going to be the next year.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson discusses the benefits of mandatory funding for predictability in budgeting.

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