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Rand Paul: Price controls were the disaster that brought down the Soviet Union and are the disaster that leads to poverty under…

On the recordOctober 6, 2016
Price controls were the disaster that brought down the Soviet Union and are the disaster that leads to poverty under socialism.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul argues against price controls, linking them to historical failures.

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