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Jon Tester: “If we do not have good old-fashioned capitalism in our marketplaces, then we are in trouble.”

On the recordApril 19, 2021
If we do not have good old-fashioned capitalism in our marketplaces, then we are in trouble.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester warns about the risks of failing to support traditional capitalism in markets.

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