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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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Published | Video Starts at 07:29

Economists thought that we would have about 50,000 new jobs, but that's actually just a 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 in take home pay. (07:29–07:33)

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Asserts that wages are increasing faster than inflation.

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