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Carl Marlinga: “The Inflation Reduction act that the Democrats passed is at…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Democrat candidate for Congress Carl Marlinga talks oil, inflation and abortion

Published | Video Starts at 10:23

And so your basic premise is right, that unfettered government spending does cause a problem. It does lead to inflation, because then you have too many dollars chasing too few goods and services. The Inflation Reduction act that the Democrats passed is at least neutral or maybe a bit favorable to the consumer and that it kept some prices. But the good thing about the Inflation Reduction act and the Chips act is that if you are spending money to produce products, to like bring chips home and have them produced here, the more you produce products, the more control you have over inflation. (10:23–10:36)

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