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Joe Manchin: “Millions of jobs remain unfilled across the country and rising inflation rates are now an unavoidable tax on the wages…”

On the recordAugust 13, 2021
Millions of jobs remain unfilled across the country and rising inflation rates are now an unavoidable tax on the wages and income of every American. These are not indications of an economy that requires trillions in additional spending, given the current state of the economic recovery, IT is simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more suited to respond to a Great Depression or Great Recession. Not an economy that is on the verge of overheating.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Joe Manchin expresses concerns over the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and its implications on the economy.

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