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Mike Lee: “What are the risks to the taxpayer when we pretend that programs raise money for the government while CBO finds that…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
What are the risks to the taxpayer when we pretend that programs raise money for the government while CBO finds that they lose money under fair value? What kind of risk does that present?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee questions the risks of misleading financial representations of government programs.

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