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.@RBPundit when have price tags slowed down the growth of the state?

When they're admitted to upfront. RT @michaelmalice .@RBPundit when have price tags slowed down the growth of the state?

@RBPundit when? not theoretically, but in real life. or are you a progressive who regards reductions in projected growth as cuts?

@michaelmalice I didn't say it happens very often (or ever). But that's the problem. The real costs are hidden until it is too late.

@RBPundit are you seriously telling me that the Dems would have buckled under any circumstances when they had 60 votes?

@michaelmalice Nelson from NE and a few others almost killed it until the CBO score was gamed.

@RBPundit I see that as posturing, but I am armchair quarterbacking

@michaelmalice I remember it clearly. There were like two weeks where those guys were ready to bail while they waited for the CBO score.