Marco Rubio: “You have to have an economy that produces that kind of work.”

“We continue to have people who will find success in life and fulfillment in life and hopefully dignified work from working these jobs, whether it's in construction and the trades and manufacturing and so forth. The second, though, is You have to have an economy that produces that kind of work. So when you make a decision as a society, we are gonna be a country that no longer has these dirty jobs, as it was termed back then.” (13:46–13:49)

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