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Rand Paul: “The middle class gets wiped out because the value goes down.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
The middle class gets wiped out because the value goes down.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Ron Paul warns that inflation historically harms the middle class.

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