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Tim Walberg: “Isn't it the simple principle that what you give incentive you get more of, and what you discourage you get less of?”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Isn't it the simple principle that what you give incentive you get more of, and what you discourage you get less of?
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan
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govinfo.gov
Mar 2, 2011

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Speaker Walberg discusses the principles of incentives and disincentives.

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