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Mitt Romney: “Yes, that is kind of how the free enterprise system works, which is people who start enterprises say, I am going to take…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
Yes, that is kind of how the free enterprise system works, which is people who start enterprises say, I am going to take a huge risk, invest my life savings, my career, and if it works, I get a huge return.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney defends the profit motive in a free enterprise system.

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