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Ron Johnson: “The motivation of government agencies is the exact same…”

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

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Chairman Johnson's remarks at the HSGAC hearing on regulatory reform

Published | Video Starts at 12:51

Whereas if you look at it as a whole, it might be more an efficient way to do it. One of the insights I try and provide people from the private sector, having come from it myself, is that The motivation of government agencies is the exact same thing as the private sector. They want to grow. Bottom line, the difference in the private sector, in order to grow, you actually have to produce a product or a service that you can produce at a cost less than you can sell it. (12:51–12:56)

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Asserts that government agencies, like private sector entities, are motivated by growth.

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