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KEITH J. ROTHFUS: “Given that anemic growth, 2.25 percent, and you compare the deregulatory, lower tax environment in the 1980s where we…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
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?
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KEITH J. ROTHFUS
Pennsylvania

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Rothfus questions the effectiveness of Dodd-Frank in light of low GDP growth.

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