Heather Cox Richardson: “State governments have to balance their budgets.”

“I think we've done that well. I think we've done that well in the last three and a half years. And to be clear, State governments have to balance their budgets. And yes, that's, that's an important piece. It really is. I have to balance a budget every single year, which is why. And the federal government does not. Yeah.” (20:57–21:00)

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