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Kevin Hassett: “We just got great census data, big reductions in poverty.”

Featuring: Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council

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But in the end, the way that we make up the Biden inflation for folks is we give them income growth and the income growth is coming. You mentioned the hourly wage. You know, We just got great census data, big reductions in poverty. But also if you look at the weekly wage, those numbers are really promising because we gave no tax on overtime, no tax on tips. (00:43–00:47)

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Asserts that recent census data shows significant reductions in poverty.

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