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Carl Marlinga: “Unfettered government spending does cause a problem. It does…”

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 10:14

I mean, the answer is no. I mean, look at, I'm a liberal on a lot of social issues, the choice issue, the leading one, but I tend to be an economic conservative on other issues. 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. (10:14–10:23)

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Asserts that excessive government spending leads to inflation.

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