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James A. Leach: “That is correct. But secondly, if you do not have concern for competitive equity, you put the taxpayer at greater risk…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2005
That is correct. But secondly, if you do not have concern for competitive equity, you put the taxpayer at greater risk because you will have weaker standards. You also drive a system that we will be putting all assets of a given kind of industry within a governmentally privileged institution. That is what the trends are. So this is both a taxpayer protection and free market protection. {time} 1430
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James A. Leach
Iowa

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