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Nick Smith: “They increase their price of toys and toothbrushes and automobiles and everything else. The only thing that that…”

On the recordApril 4, 1995
They increase their price of toys and toothbrushes and automobiles and everything else. The only thing that that business can do is pass on that cost.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing the impact of rising costs on businesses.

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