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Eric Hovde: “Real wages, you know, your wage increase, you know, minus…”

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 16:56

What are you hearing from residents and small business owners in Wisconsin about how Biodynamics is hurting them? Well, let me just give you two numbers before I tell you what businesses are saying under President Trump. Real wages, you know, your wage increase, you know, minus inflation, grew at the fastest pace. 8.2% under President Biden is declined by 2.7%. That should say everything as it pertains to small businesses. Because, you know, in my commercial office buildings or in my banking, my bank, where we deal with so many small businesses, they're all addressing the same issues. (16:56–17:12)

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Asserts that real wages grew by 8.2% under Trump and declined by 2.7% under Biden.

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