Could be used for other budgetary items? You know, I think it was 20 years ago or so, 18 years ago, when I was put in charge of that commission. I said, however many hundreds of millions of dollars were in at the time should be returned to the taxpayers, invested in our schools or in our state parks. The fact that state lawmakers can take your money, tax money, and scroll it away in a bank account that they have in the legislature and use it to fund themselves and their operations, I think that's wrong. (27:54–28:02)
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