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W. Todd Akin: “Now, you can't declare war on business and then complain that there aren't any jobs around. It just doesn't make sense.…”

On the recordMay 12, 2010
Now, you can't declare war on business and then complain that there aren't any jobs around. It just doesn't make sense. ... The first thing they said was excessive taxation.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
Source
govinfo.gov
May 12, 2010

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The speaker discusses the impact of government policies on job creation and business.

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