The volunteer mandate requirement is a bad idea which was wasteful. This is a wasteful idea and therefore is bad. If we are going to require local governments to do something wasteful, at least we ought to be paying for it, and that is the point I want to make. There is a difference between being bad and therefore wasteful. This one is wasteful and therefore bad.
Discussing the implications of a volunteer mandate requirement during a House debate.
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