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Eric Hovde: “Real wages in America have gone down over the last three and…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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BRINGING COMMON SENSE BACK INTO GOVERNMENT WITH ERIC HOVDE

Published | Video Starts at 11:38

Well, what is inflation? It's too much money chasing the same amount of goods and services. So there's no surprise that inflation took off. And what has been the result? Real wages in America have gone down over the last three and a half years. It's hammering our middle class, it's hammering our working class, or how about our elderly that are on fixed incomes? It's patently wrong and unfair. (11:38–11:44)

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Asserts that real wages in America have decreased over the last three and a half years.

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