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Richard Shelby: “The idea of picking winners and losers in the marketplace, that's the tenet of communism, socialism, and so forth.”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
The idea of picking winners and losers in the marketplace, that's the tenet of communism, socialism, and so forth.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby criticizes government intervention in market decisions, equating it to communism.

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