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Tim Scott: “It is really hard for us to digest the fact that 1,000 employees and a $1 billion investment in the second location has…”

On the recordJune 16, 2011
It is really hard for us to digest the fact that 1,000 employees and a $1 billion investment in the second location has anything to do with not the loss of, but the actual creation of more jobs at the first location.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Scott argues that new jobs in North Charleston do not equate to job losses in Washington.

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