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On the recordJuly 21, 2010
If you hammer businesses, then you're not going to have jobs. If you destroy companies, then there are not going to be jobs because jobs come from companies. And if you hate companies and you hate the private sector, then how are you going to have jobs? So how can you, with a straight face, complain about jobs when you're trying to destroy the companies that make the jobs? It seems sort of straightforward to me. I don't even know how to explain it any simpler than that.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker criticizes the President's approach to job creation and the impact of policies on businesses.

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