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Nicholas Begich: “It's not government's job to tell us what works financially…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 08:14

And so you need those decisions to be made by private industry and by experts in those fields. And those experts do not exist within government. It's not government's job to tell us what works financially and what doesn't. Very interesting. So now let's just switch for a minute to your schedule, which has been. I know we've got a move quickly for you because you've got other people to talk to today besides Buster, Alaska. (08:14–08:19)

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Asserts that determining financial viability is not a government responsibility.

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