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Angus King: “The problem with the debts and the deficits is not Head Start. It is not Pell grants. It is not the national parks. It…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
The problem with the debts and the deficits is not Head Start. It is not Pell grants. It is not the national parks. It is health care, period.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

King emphasizes that health care is the main driver of federal deficits, not education programs.

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