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Andy Barr: I do detect a paternalistic hostility to what I consider to be the foundation of our free markets...

On the recordMarch 16, 2021
I do detect a paternalistic hostility to what I consider to be the foundation of our free markets...
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Barr criticizes the idea that government should restrict trading to protect investors.

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