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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
But it strikes me that the two considerations are related in that an entity that is willing to engage in that kind of gouging is probably not morally opposed to selling low-quality or phony product as well for that kind of a markup.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse connects price gouging to quality concerns in products.

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