Congressman Kingston, I am glad you mentioned that, because when I take a look at some of this uncertainty, I think of three nets that are being thrown over free enterprise. The first was a net on everything that has to do with energy. And as an engineer, energy is very pervasive in everything. So, if the government is regulating energy all over, that's, as you say, a government takeover of a type. The next net is over all of health care. But the third net most people don't know about, and I'm very thankful that you brought that up, and that is the net over all the financial transactions. Now, you put those three nets in place and you don't have very much of free enterprise anymore, because the government is tinkering and tampering and adjusting and fiddling around with the rules in all of those areas. And that really builds that economic uncertainty, and that's a job killer.
W. Todd Akin: “Congressman Kingston, I am glad you mentioned that, because when I take a look at some of this uncertainty, I think of…”
On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
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The speaker discusses government regulations impacting free enterprise and economic uncertainty.
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