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Tim Ryan: I am not sure, quite frankly, if there is a good answer. I mean, what could possibly be the good answer? And the…

On the recordDecember 7, 2005
I am not sure, quite frankly, if there is a good answer. I mean, what could possibly be the good answer? And the rhetoric that we get from our friends on the other side is that the tax cuts are stimulating the economy. The tax cuts are creating jobs. And this is laughable. Where? Where? In the Delphi Corporation? Ford just announced they are cutting 30,000 jobs. General Motors? Who is creating the jobs? And I heard our friend on the other side say a little bit earlier he had a company in Texas that went from two jobs to four jobs. I mean, that is laughable. Ford cuts 30,000, and the argument coming from the other side is there is one company in Texas, Mr. Speaker, that went from two jobs to four jobs. Now, that is economic growth.
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