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Rand Paul: “Our job should not be to expand wasteful government programs but to get government out of the way of true charity.”

On the recordMay 10, 2011
Our job should not be to expand wasteful government programs but to get government out of the way of true charity.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul advocates for reducing government involvement in charity.

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