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Jeb Hensarling: Laws are evaluated by their advertised benefits, not by their actual benefits or actual cost.

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Laws are evaluated by their advertised benefits, not by their actual benefits or actual cost.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes how laws like Dodd-Frank are assessed based on promises rather than outcomes.

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