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Burgess Owens: “The business owners and the middle class is what pays your…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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'Have You Ever Run A Business?': Burgess Owens Dismisses Dem Witness

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

Our middle classes are those folks who have empathy, they have a vision, they want a good name and they look back and try to invest back in their community. That middle class is powered by business owners. The business owners and the middle class is what pays your salary because it's the excess, it is the profit. I think when you talk about things like proact, why don't you talk to the experts? I'm trying to understand how government workers get to this point where because you're good at one area, you're experts at everything else. (02:37–02:44)

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Asserts that business owners and the middle class fund salaries through their profits.

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