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things it seems to me which should be done under any
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system and I think we have all felt a need for it under
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the system as we have known it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Hardwicke?
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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Dr. Bard, I feel very
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keenly that Senator James has stated the correct posi-
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tion. First of all, as to checks and balances, I recall
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that in 1963, the House passed a revolving bill which
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was killed in the Senate and then I recall in 1965, the
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identical bill was passed through the Senate and killed
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in the House.
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Now, if you can think of any checks and
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balances or any philosophy underlying this thing that went
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through the same legislature, it's beyond me. I look
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upon government rather like the operation of a business.
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There are differences, but insofar as the thing that we
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are talking about here, I could not imagine a more waste-
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ful corporation than one that had two boards of directors
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to pass and to check on the other one, and the people of
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this country and of this State, so help us all, are
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worried about tax burdens and tax problems and unless we
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