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Ron Johnson: “Government does need to keep things at a smaller level…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on the DarkHorse Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 32:52

Again, when you create something that large, that's, that thing has power. And I go right back to Lord Acton. Power corrupts. And the, the whole point of a Free market capitalist system. And what Government does need to keep things at a smaller level, diffuse, not allow those combinations that result in monopolies. or close to monopolies and give economic or any entity the kind of power to, to harm consumers, to harm our society, and that's that. (32:52–33:14)

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Asserts that government should prevent monopolies by maintaining smaller entities.

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