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I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

John Stossel

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John Stossel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 4
Journalist
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Chicago Heights
Illinois
John Frank Stossel
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