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Roger Williams: “Interest rates are the price of obtaining credit. I am a small-business owner in Main Street America. I have been in…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
Interest rates are the price of obtaining credit. I am a small-business owner in Main Street America. I have been in business for 50 years and have never had one day in my business life that I have been out of debt.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

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Williams discusses the significance of interest rates in business financing.

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