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W. Todd Akin: “The trouble is really the government can't stimulate the economy. The whole assumption is silly, because all the…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2010
The trouble is really the government can't stimulate the economy. The whole assumption is silly, because all the government does is takes money and spend it. But if you hire a government employee, does that create a job? The answer is no, because for every one government employee you have two jobs you have lost from the private sector because you are sucking money out of the private sector. So when you have the government spending a lot, you take jobs away. That's what's going on. That's why the jobs are going.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jul 14, 2010

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The speaker is discussing the impact of government spending on job creation in the economy.

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