Rand Paul: “A pencil would cost, $1,000 if government made pencils because they do…”

On the recordJune 9, 2015

A pencil would cost, $1,000 if government made pencils because they do not have the proper incentives to do anything efficiently.

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Rand Paul illustrates inefficiency in government production using a pencil analogy.

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