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Jamie Raskin: “So you're defining capitalism as one business can basically charge the taxpayers whatever it wants, 50 percent, 100…”

On the recordMay 14, 2019
So you're defining capitalism as one business can basically charge the taxpayers whatever it wants, 50 percent, 100 percent, 500 percent, 1,000 percent, that's what capitalism is?
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin questions the ethics of pricing in capitalism during a hearing.

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