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Gilbert Gutknecht: “The gentleman is really talking about the miracle of the marketplace, in allowing innovation and in effect some…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1997
The gentleman is really talking about the miracle of the marketplace, in allowing innovation and in effect some competition to exist. What he is saying is if Minnesota's plan works as well as some think it will, other States will copy it. But if it does not, somebody else can innovate something else.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota

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Discussing the impact of marketplace innovation and state competition.

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