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Lysander Spooner: But they advocate it solely because they put into their own pockets a very large portion certainly--probably…

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But they advocate it solely because they put into their own pockets a very large portion certainly--probably three-fourths, I should judge--of the increased prices their commodities are thus made to bring in the market.
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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner claims that employers benefit financially from increased prices due to protectionist policies.

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