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... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near as important as just the normal regenerative capacity of American capitalism.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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