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How Your Beer Bought John McCain's $500 Loafers: Uncovering the government subsidies behind Cindy McCain's family fortune

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:47 AM EDT
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Should government be subsidizing (if not outright creating) an industry by forcing consumers to pay more for alcohol—for which they get little to no added value in return? And who's greedier, the family who exploits that system to amass a small fortune, or the brokers and traders McCain derides for pursuing profits in a free market?

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