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Mike Garcia: “You can't have capitalism without competition. That's how…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 07:57

All right, you're going to ask questions. I'm going to reference the constitution tonight. You're going to ask questions. I'm going to reference capitalism with competition. By the way, You can't have capitalism without competition. That's how you end up with high Medicare costs like we have right now. And that's going to be a lot of the questions, you know, asked. Why is healthcare so damn expensive? Because we have, frankly, not enough competition. (07:57–08:03)

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