I think the last thing we want to do is throw more money--if we cannot spend the money we have already got.
Norman D. Dicks: “I think the last thing we want to do is throw more money--if we cannot spend the money we have already got.”
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Dicks emphasizes the need for effective spending before allocating more funds.
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