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Scott Smiley

44:46 - 45:04

“I do think that the idea of cutting taxes has been around since Ronald Reagan. That's 40 goddamn years, pardon my French, that we've been cutting taxes. There's not a whole lot left at the school district.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
Kodiak Island Borough
Captured at
June 4, 2026

From the transcript

I do think that the idea of cutting taxes has been around since Ronald Reagan. That's 40 goddamn years, pardon my French, that we've been cutting taxes. There's not a whole lot left at the school district. We're not just cutting fat, we're cutting bone. All right?

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