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Rand Paul: If you set the price too high, the bread rots on the shelves. If you set the price too low, there is no bread.

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
If you set the price too high, the bread rots on the shelves. If you set the price too low, there is no bread.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul explains the consequences of price controls using bread as an analogy.

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