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Pete Olson: Balancing a budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what it takes to get there.

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
Balancing a budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what it takes to get there.
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Pete Olson
Texas

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Olson emphasizes the difficulty of making budgetary choices.

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