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I Clearly Believe A Lot More Than Some Of My Coalition Colleagues - Tories - In Redistribution And Using The Tax System For That Purpose. I Also Believe In The Government Having An Active Role In The Economy, Which Is Having An Industrial Strategy. I'm Not A Believer In Laissez-faire.

-Vince Cable

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I Clearly Believe A Lot More Than

Vince Cable

I Clearly Believe A Lot More Than Some Of My Coalition Colleagues - Tories - In Redistribution And Using The Tax System For That Purpose. I Also Believe In The Government Having An Active Role In The Economy, Which Is Having An Industrial Strategy. I'm Not A Believer In Laissez-faire.

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