Why vote against it? Listen, in 2009, I was a newly elected state representative and I came in during the Bush recession. One of the first things We had to pass a budget repair bill just to fund ongoing operations of the state in the budget we had to pass that session. we had to cut everything, K12, the universities, we furloughed state employees because the state budget didn't have the capacity to absorb that economic downturn, that Bush recession. (00:28–00:47)
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