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Josh Brecheen: “The free market is the best way of allocation of scarce…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Brecheen March Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 42:58

I think that is counter to, again, to my point, whenever the government tries to make things more affordable, they make it too expensive for everybody. I believe the free market, if you will allow the free market to work, then The free market is the best way of allocation of scarce resources and prosperity for our country. Now, I'm not going to deny to you that in the short term, the tariffs may not come with different adjustments, however, and I've not heard this directly from President Trump, his ultimate goal, I think, is to get to free trade. (42:58–43:09)

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Asserts that the free market is the optimal method for resource allocation and prosperity.

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