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Ron Johnson: “History proves that governments do not know how to…”

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

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Ron Johnson Delivers Republican Radio Address -- January 29, 2011

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

The lesson we all should have learned from the pitiful Results of the $814 billion stimulus bill is that growing government does not grow our economy or create long term self sustaining jobs. It is the private sector that creates jobs. History proves that governments do not know how to efficiently allocate capital. Millions of private individuals acting independently within the free market system do it best. We need to encourage and incentivize entrepreneurs, not tax and regulate them out of business. (03:06–03:10)

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Asserts that governments are inefficient in capital allocation.

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