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Al Franken: the Federal Government does something, it's bad, and it's good if private innovation does it.

On the recordApril 19, 2010
the Federal Government does something, it's bad, and it's good if private innovation does it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken criticizes the bias against government initiatives compared to private sector innovations.

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