Given that anemic growth, 2.25 percent, and you compare the deregulatory, lower tax environment in the 1980s where we had 4.8 percent growth, do you think Dodd-Frank has lifted the economy?
KEITH J. ROTHFUS: “Given that anemic growth, 2.25 percent, and you compare the deregulatory, lower tax environment in the 1980s where we…”
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Rothfus questions the effectiveness of Dodd-Frank in light of low GDP growth.
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