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Pete Buttigieg: “I literally did put out a plan which I balanced every single…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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… here and it's going to be painful and there's going to be more taxes and that's going to be painful and then you don't get elected. Is that the issue? I literally did put out a plan which I balanced every single spending back when I was running for president in 2020. which feels like another lifetime. Every single thing that I proposed spending on, I also proposed to pay for and explained what would have to happen tax wise, in order to do it. (29:12–29:19)

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Asserts that he proposed a balanced fiscal plan during his 2020 presidential campaign.

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