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Tony Wied: “I believe in free and fair markets and I think we need to…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 09:48

They don't work. They've been proven not to work in other countries. And I would hate to see us go down that path of having policies like that. I believe in free and fair markets and I think we need to open up additional competition to make sure that we keep prices low. But continuing to talk about that rhetoric of putting ceilings on prices will really hurt our businesses and hurt our economy. And again, I think we need to to shy away from, from those types of policies. (09:48–09:55)

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Asserts that free and fair markets and increased competition help keep prices low.

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