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Robin Carnahan: “If I could interject and amplify on that, I think the process has been very disingenuous when we do know we are going to…”

On the recordMay 10, 2006
If I could interject and amplify on that, I think the process has been very disingenuous when we do know we are going to have ongoing expenses for disaster relief, ongoing expenses for the ongoing efforts in fighting terrorism overseas. And it really, I think, is an effort to separate those questions from really making proper budget choices, and do we want to have more tax cuts for the wealthy and pay for that versus the cost of rebuilding the gulf? Or paying for our military or our education or our Medicare program? I think that really is kind of an accounting gimmick that we have seen throughout this process, to play down a lot of those serious expenses, but also to water down the quality of the debate.
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Robin Carnahan
Missouri
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