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W. Todd Akin: Well, I think what you're getting into, Doctor, is something that I wanted to talk to a little bit tonight. And that is…

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Well, I think what you're getting into, Doctor, is something that I wanted to talk to a little bit tonight. And that is the assumption that you can just go taxing and taxing and always talk about the rich guy and, oh, we're going to talk about the rich guy and think you can get away with that without consequences. Because it seems to me that there is a disconnect with the current administration and the Democrats as well policywise because they talk about the fact they want jobs, but then they destroy the companies that create the jobs. And you can't kill the company if you want jobs because the company is the one that hires people. And they seem to miss that connection there. I'd like to go back to my good friend from Michigan--I had to check to make sure, Congressman Walberg--and I wanted to give you a chance to jump in to our discussion. But I'd like to start going--talk a little bit in the direction about taxes, what happens with taxes and how it is that we can deal with some of the tough problems budgetwise here, and at least one piece of that is the proper tax policy.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Mar 2, 2011

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The speaker addresses the impact of tax policy on job creation and economic growth.

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