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Rand Paul: When you use force to transfer money from those who work to those who don't, that is not charity, that is redistribution…

On the recordMay 10, 2011
When you use force to transfer money from those who work to those who don't, that is not charity, that is redistribution of wealth.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul critiques government redistribution as opposed to voluntary charity.

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