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Rand Paul: “I argue there is a real challenge to the consumer in two points. One, the consumer is always losing purchasing power.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
I argue there is a real challenge to the consumer in two points. One, the consumer is always losing purchasing power.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Ron Paul discusses the negative impact of Federal Reserve policy on consumer purchasing power.

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