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Brooke Rollins: “Every great world power, Netherlands, has buckled under the…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Published | Video Starts at 29:44

This is the problem when the government gets too big. Right. I mean, this is that this is world history. Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Great Britain, Every great world power, Netherlands, has buckled under the weight of a government that hands out the largesse. Right. That. That everyone's got their hand in the pot and they buckle. And that's how they lose their place in the world. Right. And that is what. (29:44–29:52)

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Asserts that historical world powers have declined due to large governments distributing resources excessively.

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