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Tom Rice: “But the longer we wait to enter the global competition for jobs, the more we damage the hardworking folks in the middle…”

On the recordApril 9, 2014
But the longer we wait to enter the global competition for jobs, the more we damage the hardworking folks in the middle class. We will not grow our economy or put people back to work by expanding entitlements. We will never solve the problems of poverty and inequality through bigger government. If America will enter the global competition for jobs, our economy will accelerate and the sky is the limit. This is not a Republican issue. This is not a Democrat issue. This is an American issue. We are so blessed that if we simply decide to compete, no one can stop us.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina
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Apr 9, 2014

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