"We in America reject planning except for the private sector of the economy, so what we have is democratic socialization for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor."

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Economy of the United States
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Bayard Rustin, American Institute of Planners Conference, Washington, DC, October 5, 1967. Quoted in the Congressional Record, House of Representatives, October 11, 1967, Volume 113, Part 21, p. 28676.