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On the recordMarch 21, 2012
I would say to my colleague from Mississippi that one of the areas where jobs may be created is in the Federal Government because it is going to take an awful lot of Federal bureaucrats to oversee and lots of new IRS agents to implement this legislation. That would be the only place we will see job creation. But when it comes to private sector job creation, the thing about this is, it raises the cost for health insurance coverage for employers, and it raises taxes on a lot of people who are involved in health care. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority's time has expired.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota
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Mar 21, 2012

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