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Angie Craig: No question about it. That is something that you and I have struggled on for a good many years. We busily write an awful…

On the recordApril 15, 1996
No question about it. That is something that you and I have struggled on for a good many years. We busily write an awful lot of laws around here with no sense of the kind of cost that it will have on the average citizen through regulatory compliance or making sure their businesses operate within the framework of those regulations. Those are real costs, and they get passed on to the consuming taxpayer, and ultimately that is a form of taxation.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing the impact of regulatory compliance costs on citizens and businesses.

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