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Beth Van Duyne: “We're seeing wages that are outpacing inflation.”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

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Beth Van Duyne on the affordability crisis | NBCDFW

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

But are those successes trickling down and getting to the other 80%? So what we're looking at when we're looking at wages, when we look at manufacturing, for example, is up over 4%. We're seeing wages that are outpacing inflation. And so those are in markets that, that aren't the upper 2%. When we look at the amount of money now that people who are, are making on tips, right. (02:04–02:08)

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Asserts that wages are increasing faster than inflation.

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