The sky is falling, and so we are in the midst right now of debating what many of us view as a very draconian budget
Hakeem Jeffries: “The sky is falling, and so we are in the midst right now of debating what many of us view as a very draconian budget”
On the recordMarch 18, 2013
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Jeffries critiques the narrative of impending economic disaster due to budget debates.
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