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W. Todd Akin: “I think, if I recall, if you take 500 employees or less, that is 80 percent of the jobs in America. So 500 employees or…”

On the recordMay 5, 2010
I think, if I recall, if you take 500 employees or less, that is 80 percent of the jobs in America. So 500 employees or less, which 500 is kind of more of a medium size, but 500 down, that is 80 percent of U.S. employment. So policies that affect those small businesses are a big deal in terms of jobs.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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May 5, 2010

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The speaker discusses the impact of small businesses on U.S. employment.

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