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Stacey Plaskett: “Budgets are moral documents. They are statements about what we want our future to look like, and where we are going to…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
Budgets are moral documents. They are statements about what we want our future to look like, and where we are going to spend our resources.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett emphasizes the ethical implications of budget decisions.

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