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Carl Marlinga: “We give too many of our tasks to other countries so that we…”

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

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Meet the Candidates 2022: Carl Marlinga, Candidate for Michigan's 10th Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 17:07

And the United States was strongest. It was at its best when it was a, the clear manufacturing leader of the world. Now, we still have a great industrial base, but We give too many of our tasks to other countries so that we have the supply chain now where we've got to get things from other countries. And if there's a break in the supply chain. Then prices go up, we have crises. We have to start manufacturing stuff here in the United States again and here in Michigan. (17:07–17:22)

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Asserts that outsourcing tasks to other countries has created supply chain dependencies.

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