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Ned Lamont: “Small businesses and small towns have absolutely no…”

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Governor Ned Lamont on Connecticut's Stability in Uncertain Times

Published | Video Starts at 19:29

And so you think that's a possibility, that we could expand that and allow the businesses to get more involved in that to save money? I really think it is. Small businesses and small towns have absolutely no purchasing power, so they pay the very highest prices. If they're part of a bigger pool like controller Sean Scanlon was talking about, we have more purchasing power. We can bring down costs a little bit. (19:29–19:37)

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Asserts that small businesses and towns pay high prices due to lack of purchasing power.

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