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Ami Bera: Return on investment can't just be measured in dollars returned and dividends. Return on investment also is on relief of…

On the recordJune 26, 2013
Return on investment can't just be measured in dollars returned and dividends. Return on investment also is on relief of suffering, lives saved, and so forth.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

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Bera emphasizes the importance of measuring investment in terms of lives saved, not just financial returns.

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