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Jim DeMint: History demonstrates that business investment in new buildings, equipment, and software--not federal spending--drives…

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
History demonstrates that business investment in new buildings, equipment, and software--not federal spending--drives the creation of new payroll jobs.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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Argues that private investment is key to job creation, not government spending.

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