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Rand Paul: A pencil would cost, $1,000 if government made pencils because they do not have the proper incentives to do anything…

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
Republican · Kentucky

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

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