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J. D. Vance: “If you don't have growth, you don't have prosperity, then…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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The Vice President and I Discuss Political Philosophy

Published | Video Starts at 31:07

That's right. And how problematic that is. Talk about that a little bit. Yeah. And it's not to say that, you know, growth doesn't matter. If you don't have growth, you don't have prosperity, then obviously a lot of people will suffer. But, you know, a friend of mine made this observation. He called it economic piety, which, you know, he was. He was. It's a play on words. P, I, E, T, Y. (31:07–31:11)

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Asserts that economic growth is necessary for prosperity and to prevent suffering.

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