Craig Goldman: “We actually have a surplus.”

“But your kids, your grandkids, and those kids are going to pay that off for many years to come. Because we don't balance the budget at the federal level. We balance the budget in Austin every session. We actually have a surplus. The federal government doesn't have a surplus. We have to do things at the federal level the way we do things in Texas. Texas is the model for the nation.” (06:10–06:13)

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