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Mike Conaway: “The government really doesn't have any money that it doesn't take from taxpayers or borrow from somebody else.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
The government really doesn't have any money that it doesn't take from taxpayers or borrow from somebody else.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

Editor's note · Context

Conaway emphasizes that government funds come from taxpayers.

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