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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
As we often hear, budgets are moral documents. They are a statement by a country about what they want their future to be and where they are going to spend their resources.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott emphasizes the moral implications of budget decisions and their impact on the future.

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