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Ted Cruz: “The folks who are arguing the federal government should own…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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And the reason we wrote this, and this is what I was doing at 14, 15 years old, is if you don't know what it is, you can't identify it when you have it. Well, The folks who are arguing the federal government should own or control the means of production and distribution and economy are directly arguing we should adopt socialism for our economy. That is a really, really bad answer. And I think a budget airline made it obvious to most observers, look, there are limited circumstances. (06:33–06:41)

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Asserts that advocating for government ownership equates to advocating for socialism.

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