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Tim Scott: “If you tell a great American company like Boeing that they cannot create jobs in South Carolina, all you are doing is…”

On the recordJune 16, 2011
If you tell a great American company like Boeing that they cannot create jobs in South Carolina, all you are doing is incentivizing those companies to go overseas.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Scott criticizes federal interference in job creation by companies like Boeing.

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