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Jim DeMint: The biggest threat to investment and innovation is not a private Internet service provider, but a public agency…

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
The biggest threat to investment and innovation is not a private Internet service provider, but a public agency hell-bent on over-regulating at any cost.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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DeMint criticizes overregulation as a barrier to investment and innovation.

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