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Chris Smith: “It seems to me it's just a myopic, short-term view there. Some people get very rich in the short term.”

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
It seems to me it's just a myopic, short-term view there. Some people get very rich in the short term.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing short-term profit motives leading to outsourcing.

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