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Martin Hoke: “Find out how much it costs, not to eliminate it, not to repeal it, but to find out what it really costs, because…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1995
Find out how much it costs, not to eliminate it, not to repeal it, but to find out what it really costs, because certainly there are some programs that cost much more than they are worth, but we will never know that if we do not have a bona fide critical analysis of it.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing the need for a critical analysis of government program costs.

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