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Harry Reid: I think we had a good discussion on this conservative radio program. I hope I educated them and their listeners because…

On the recordJanuary 13, 2003
I think we had a good discussion on this conservative radio program. I hope I educated them and their listeners because I said, among other things, that for every $1 billion we spend, we create 42,000 or 44,000 jobs. Think about that. These are good jobs, people who are paying taxes, they are buying refrigerators and cars. We have this backwards. We are trying to help the wrong people, to create this windfall to the very wealthy in this scheme. There is no better place to start than the President and the Vice President. Is the Senator aware that the President of the United States and the Vice President of the United States would benefit significantly from this dividend scheme? In fact, between the two of them, the benefits would be over $400,000 a year.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing job creation and economic policy on a conservative radio program.

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