Admittedly. Listen, this is going to cost about $10 billion. If you look at what the Texas budget surplus is right now for each of the past four years, The budget surplus alone would have been enough to pay for that [the $10 billion cost] for each of the past four years. However, we know we can't always bank on that. And that's why I'm working as well as I know the lieutenant governor speaker are working on ways in which we can cut state spending in areas that do not involve education. (08:16–08:25)
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