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Claire McCaskill: Until we incentivize this behavior, the incentive is to buy a lot at the end of the year so it looks like your budget is…

On the recordJuly 14, 2013
Until we incentivize this behavior, the incentive is to buy a lot at the end of the year so it looks like your budget is tight.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill emphasizes the need for proper incentives in government budgeting.

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