"Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital."
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Academics from the United StatesPeople from OhioPresidential Medal of Freedom recipientsEconomists from the United States
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“The Four Pillars of Reaganomics” The Heritage Foundation (January 16, 2007) from a November 13, 2006 speech
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