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Mike Rogers: “I'm just convinced we don't need as many [federal employees]…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 20:45

Right. Do you need all those people? Now this may be the hardest thing in the history of the world trying to get rid of federal employees. I'm just convinced we don't need as many [federal employees] as we have. because they have never adopted technology of the 21st century. And so I would start doing all of those all at the same time. The other one is I would start a volunteer. (20:45–20:48)

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