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Eric Hovde: “When you have your own printing press, it's very easy to go…”

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

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Eric Hovde interview on Western Wisconsin Journal

Published | Video Starts at 29:33

But then we have to start rationalizing spending, prioritizing spending, kind of like what we as individuals do or businesses have to do. You just don't, you know, When you have your own printing press, it's very easy to go, we'll spend money here, we'll spend money there. And you put no governor on it. The problem is when you do that, you're going to ignite inflation, which is exactly what they did. But what does a household have to do? What does a business, they don't own a printing press, so they have to say what's important expenditure and what's the least important and then prioritize their money. (29:33–29:47)

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Asserts that unchecked government spending leads to inflation, which has occurred recently.

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