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Rand Paul: It is the power and the authority that gravitates to the hands of a small group of people who can create money out of…

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
It is the power and the authority that gravitates to the hands of a small group of people who can create money out of thin air.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Ron Paul warns about the dangers of concentrated monetary power and its implications.

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