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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The President last night told us that in making decisions in our country, he said, "It will be harder, because we will argue about everything--the cost, the details, the letter of every law. Of course, some countries don't have this problem. If the central government wants a railroad, they build a railroad, no matter how many homes get bulldozed. If they don't want a bad story in the newspaper, it doesn't get written. But we all believe in the rights enshrined in our Constitution."
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Randy Forbes
Virginia
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Forbes reflects on the challenges of decision-making in the U.S. compared to other countries.

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