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Rand Paul: The Soviet Union failed because they could not determine the price of bread. We are in a failure as a country because…

On the recordOctober 17, 2011
The Soviet Union failed because they could not determine the price of bread. We are in a failure as a country because now we are trying to determine the price of money.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Senator Paul argues against government control of interest rates, comparing it to the Soviet Union's failure.

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