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W. Todd Akin: “You're talking about a bill that is actually driving the unemployment worse. It's a bill that's going to create…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
You're talking about a bill that is actually driving the unemployment worse. It's a bill that's going to create unemployment is what you're saying. That's what this small business owner says. In other words, you're saying he's making enough money as it is now to open additional franchises, but with the cost of this bill, it pushes him under water, which says, I've got to close some rather than open them, and there goes some more jobs. So why in the world are we doing this when we've got an unemployment problem?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Apr 28, 2010

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The speaker is criticizing a bill that he believes will worsen unemployment.

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