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Adam Smith: Yes. And you know what was really something, was for years I sat there running a corporation and not realizing until one…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Yes. And you know what was really something, was for years I sat there running a corporation and not realizing until one day when they doubled my tax, and the Federal Government messed around with the capital gains again and raised it that it was affecting me, and I connected it to jobs like that. And I think what is happening around the Nation, and why November was so significant is small business people all over the Nation really spoke. I really believe that. I know in my district I was a write-in candidate, and in 2 weeks the people, nearly 40,000 came together and wrote in my name. That was fueled by entrepreneurs. It was not fueled by a Boeing or Weyerhauser, and these people know that they had better change the policymakers here. And when you look at this contract I think it gave them hope. I see it as a key ingredient to us producing jobs.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the impact of tax policy on small businesses and the significance of a recent election.

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