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Rashida Tlaib: “My 13-year-old boy the other day, asked, why say socialism or capitalism? Why not people-ism?”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
My 13-year-old boy the other day, asked, why say socialism or capitalism? Why not people-ism?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib reflects on a child's perspective on economic systems.

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