Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“That’s socialism. You may be comfortable with socialism. You may decide you like socialism because someone from the Trump administration wants socialism. But my God, people, what have we been fighting for for the last decade? You want smaller government? This expands it.”
— Conservative talk show host Erick Erickson, on the federal government taking equity stakes in private companies.
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