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Tim Scott: “The goals of rent control and its actual consequences are opposite policies.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2023
The goals of rent control and its actual consequences are opposite policies.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott critiques rent control policies and their unintended effects.

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