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On the recordFebruary 24, 2016
Puerto Rico seems to me to be a poster child for a heavily regulated and government-managed economy and Keynesian deficit stimulus spending.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes Puerto Rico's economic management and advocates for less regulation.

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