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W. Todd Akin: “You know what is exciting is you are talking about that spirit of ingenuity that Americans have. One of the things…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
You know what is exciting is you are talking about that spirit of ingenuity that Americans have. One of the things people down here in the institutional part of our government, they think everybody has got to have a Ph.D. and be an expert in this or that. And what I have seen so often in Americans, you use just a little bit of common sense, and as you are saying, you take that ingenuity and that can do spirit and just get the red tape and the government chains off of them and let them start to solve their problems.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Feb 3, 2010

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The speaker discusses American ingenuity and the need to reduce government barriers.

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