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Rick Allen: My Democrat colleagues don't want to believe that we can produce economic opportunity in concert with growing wages…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
My Democrat colleagues don't want to believe that we can produce economic opportunity in concert with growing wages without the government interfering.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

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Critique of Democrats' views on economic growth and wage regulation.

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