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Rand Paul: If you dump Haiti with rice for 10 years, you ruin the ability for them to have their own rice market.

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
If you dump Haiti with rice for 10 years, you ruin the ability for them to have their own rice market.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the negative effects of aid on local economies.

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