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Brian Schatz: “Electricity, food, health care [are more expensive] and that…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz: Trump Has Enough Money For Argentina, A New Golden Toilet, But Nothing For Hungry Families

Published | Video Starts at 00:07

Everything's more expensive. Electricity, food, health care [are more expensive] and that is not a natural consequence of the economic cycle. Those are intentional policies by the Trump administration. And there is enough money. There's enough money for a golden toilet. There's enough money for $40 billion for a right wing government in Argentina. (00:07–00:12)

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Asserts that the increased costs of electricity, food, and health care are due to intentional policies, not economic cycles.

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