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On the recordApril 28, 2010
The problem with subsidizing employment is the job only lasts as long as the taxpayers pay for it, and we are running trillion dollar deficits last year and for this year and for the next decade if we don't change our ways.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Brady discusses the unsustainable nature of subsidized employment amid rising deficits.

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