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On the recordMay 5, 2010
I guess I kind of fall back on my health care background, and when it comes to jobs in this country, my diagnosis is we have a psychological problem. We have a total lack of confidence and a lack of trust in the Federal Government. And it is earned. It is the things you have there on your chart as job killers. It is the individual small business people who normally every year take a portion, usually a part of their profits, and reinvest it into their companies. When they do that, they expand product lines, they expand locations, they expand service lines, and they create jobs, good jobs. Well, these people are sitting on the sideline right now because they are concerned with all the things they have seen for some time, especially these past 16 months, many of the things that you have identified there, and I heard that message again today.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania
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May 5, 2010

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The speaker addresses the lack of confidence in the Federal Government affecting small businesses and job creation.

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