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Joe Barton: the more regulation you have, the more compliance cost you are going to have, but you are going to have to hire people…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
the more regulation you have, the more compliance cost you are going to have, but you are going to have to hire people, but they don't produce anything.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton critiques job creation claims related to increased regulation and compliance costs.

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