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John Duarte: “We need to move people out of the federal government and…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 35:09

There's months that are terrible, and there's good months, and there's times that we got to just keep people fed on payroll. Well, when. When my business doesn't have the revenue, we have layoffs. Federal government needs to do the same. We need to move people out of the federal government and into productive part of our economy. The only way we fight inflation is by having more people make more stuff. You know, productivity. Someone in the government regulating is making zero. (35:09–35:14)

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Asserts that reducing federal government employment and moving people to the private sector is necessary.

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