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Garret Graves: “If we were to charge fees under the auspices of using it for a particular purpose and then spending it elsewhere in the…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2018
If we were to charge fees under the auspices of using it for a particular purpose and then spending it elsewhere in the private sector, that is called embezzling. In the Federal Government that is called budgeting.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves criticizes federal budgeting practices, comparing them to embezzlement.

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