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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 30, 2022
What’s driving people sitting on their money right now is a lack of confidence that we can't get our act together in Congress or government.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
nbcnews.com

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Manchin explains that the lack of investment is due to a lack of confidence in Congress rather than tax rates.

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