A lot of this has to do with the will, the desire, and the determination to do a task. It also has a lot to do with policy, which you just said, policy. For example, before last year, there was a policy in America that American corporations would get a tax break when they shipped a job offshore. Hello?
John Garamendi: “A lot of this has to do with the will, the desire, and the determination to do a task. It also has a lot to do with…”
On the recordJanuary 24, 2011
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Garamendi discusses the impact of policy on American jobs and corporate tax breaks.
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