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Michele Bachmann: It even gets more minute than that because under the bill that's being debated right now over in the Senate, if a person…

On the recordApril 28, 2010
It even gets more minute than that because under the bill that's being debated right now over in the Senate, if a person has a transaction where it's four payments or more, so presumably if you buy braces for your child and you are paying by payments for your child's braces. If you have four payments or more that's a financial transaction that could come under the purview of the Federal Government. So the orthodontist would then have to conform with regulatory requirements from the Federal Government. That's how insidious this is getting. As a matter of fact, the bill I believe on the House side would give the Federal Government the authority through a new pay czar that has been selected who would establish the wages of like a bank teller in Peoria, Illinois. So the Federal Government isn't just getting into big things, they are getting into every small area of our life. And I think we just haven't begun to see the levels of involvement.
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Michele Bachmann
Minnesota
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Apr 28, 2010

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Bachmann discusses the implications of a financial reform bill on personal transactions and government intervention.

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