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Bernie Moreno: “It's okay if productive capacity moves to another country.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Marco Rubio and Bernie Moreno Discuss Economic Realignment and Geopolitical Challenges at American Compass Event

Published | Video Starts at 09:47

And it became mantra. And look, I think it became part of republican orthodoxy for a very long time. An orthodoxy that I came up in which was, It's okay if productive capacity moves to another country. because what that will do is it will free up our workers to do work that's even more productive and pays them more. (09:47–09:51)

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Asserts that there was a policy belief that outsourcing production was acceptable.

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