And this would have created a $2.9 billion deficit down the road, which our schools and our health care system and our local governments cannot afford. It also would have spent the surplus before it had even materialized. Look at what is happening with the economy when we are spending money that we do not yet have and spending it in ways that do not actually help us … (17:02–17:07)
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Asserts that the proposed deal would have used a surplus that had not yet materialized.
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