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Marshall Sanford: “It perpetuates a myth that we can go out there and balance the budget without touching entitlements.”

On the recordMay 23, 2017
It perpetuates a myth that we can go out there and balance the budget without touching entitlements.
Said by
Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Sanford argues that the budget's assumptions are misleading regarding entitlement spending.

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