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On the recordMarch 19, 1996
These are just 2 examples: The Corporation for National Service, the direct lending program. There are many more. Bureaucrats at the Commerce Department know another myth is that the bureaucrats at the Commerce Department know how to create high-skilled, high-paying jobs better than American entrepreneurs, that bureaucrats at the Department of Education know better than parents, and teachers, and local schools how to run a tutoring or mentoring program in their local community. The bottom line is who pays for these magic shows? It is the American people. It is you and I. How much have we spent? Trillions. The real question that the American people have to ask is can we afford any more of these shows. You be the judge.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing government programs and their impact on American taxpayers.

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