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Ron Johnson: “Don't you think competition would actually do a far better…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson at the Commerce Committee

Published | Video Starts at 04:54

Let's face it, if you have a company, you're providing a service. If it doesn't work very often, don't you think customers are going to switch to a different company? Don't you think competition would actually do a far better job than having the heavy hand in government try and guarantee that? Which I don't think it would do well. I think in too many areas, competition doesn't exist or isn't robust enough to really guarantee that people are going to have … (04:54–05:01)

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Suggests that competition is more effective than government intervention in ensuring service quality.

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