“I think the goal of the country ought to be ‘how do we grow the private sector?’” Bush said during his speech. “That ought to be the laser-focus of any administration. And therefore, once that’s the goal, an issue like Keystone pipeline becomes a no-brainer.”
“If private sector growth is the goal and Keystone pipeline creates 20,000 new private sector jobs, build the damn thing,” the former president said to a crowd cheering with applauds.
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