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On the recordMay 5, 2010
It just kills jobs. So this excessive taxation, combined with things like amount of government mandates and red tape, this starts to gang up. And one thing on top of the next on top of the next, and you get unemployment. Now we are going to want to tax wheelchairs. That's with that socialized medicine bill.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker is discussing the impact of excessive taxation and government mandates on job creation.

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