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Marco Rubio: “You can't be a great power if you don't have industrial…”

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Sen. Marco Rubio at Rebuilding American Capitalism An American Compass Forum.

Published | Video Starts at 05:40

And what I mean by that is it's an economy where the pillars of it are services and finance and, and there's nothing wrong. These are not cocaine dealers. I mean, it's not illegal to be in finance or in services. But You can't be a great power if you don't have industrial capability. And of course we're ignoring the impact that jobs and all that have as well. So we have an unbalanced economy in that way. (05:40–05:44)

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