December 22, 2024

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Where Government Gets Exposed

O’Dell: Government Can’t Be Run Like a Business

By Kelly Payne
Citizen Reporter

The idea of running government like a business is an unrealistic one, State Sen. Billy O’Dell tells a Dutch Fork High class.

Government was created to work for the people, but it’s almost impossible to run government as efficiently as a business because government requires the consensus of dozens and dozens of individuals, O’Dell says.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbAlC7EDNCM

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