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W. Todd Akin: We're going to talk about an interesting subject here this evening, and one that might seem a little boring to start…

On the recordJune 30, 2010
We're going to talk about an interesting subject here this evening, and one that might seem a little boring to start with but actually has tremendous ramifications, and that is the question and the subject of budgeting. Now, budgets are always kind of an unpleasant thing because there's a natural requirement of a budget to balance a couple of things, balance spending and how much money you take in. So when a family works on a budget, it may be a hard time because you have to make choices between what are you going to spend your money on and how much money do you have to spend. So budgeting is one of those tough things, but it's necessary for organizations in order to be organized enough to try to keep some semblance of economic sanity.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jun 30, 2010

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The speaker discusses the importance and challenges of budgeting for families and organizations.

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