09/18/2012
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"If I spend $5,000 on affordable housing on a tax credit, and I spend $5,000 that I appropriate, isn't it basically the same $5,000?"
"Doesn't it make sense for us to shut down some of these loopholes and basically protect programs that support core services to the middle class?"
"So when I hear folks on both sides of the aisle talking about a 50/50 plan for revenue and expenditure reductions, is that anywhere close to what is being pursued now with sequestration?"
"Would it make more sense to end the spending on that tax loophole or to cut Head Start, special education, and title I?"