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Mark Pocan: “When our nation has had to do big things, we didn't make…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 02:49

That's how we do our household budgets. Right. But is the federal government really just like your household? That's the question that we're going to discuss with our guests today. When our nation has had to do big things, we didn't make sure that we had the money first. We just did them. Whether it was a national priority, like World War II or dealing with COVID as a nation, we did big things. (02:49–02:55)

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Asserts that historically, the U.S. has undertaken significant initiatives without securing funding first.

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