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J. D. Vance: “Wages continue to way outpace inflation.”

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

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Vice President JD Vance Joins Breitbart's Matthew Boyle for a Fireside Chat

Published | Video Starts at 02:47

Economists thought that we would have about 50,000 new jobs, but that's actually just the headline number. If you look below the surface, I think the numbers are actually better. So number one, Wages continue to way outpace inflation. If you go back to the three years of the Biden administration, the average American worker actually lost about $3,000 of take home pay in the first 10 months of the Trump economy. (02:47–02:51)

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Asserts that wages are increasing faster than inflation.

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