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Brian Kemp: “My first budget, when I came in as governor, I did a 4% cut…”

Featuring: Brian Kemp, Republican | Governor of Georgia

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Governor Brian Kemp Discusses Georgia's Business Climate and U.S. Politics at Munich Event

Published | Video Starts at 04:28

But also they're going to find efficiencies, they're going to find waste and abuse. And, and I guarantee you we have done that at the state level. My first budget, when I came in as governor, I did a 4% cut in the amended budget and a 6% cut in the big budget to pay for teacher pay raises. Now, the establishment and the bureaucracy didn't like that, but they, they, we had budgets where they could deal with that. (04:28–04:39)

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