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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: “If businesses in the trades can't own their own property…”

Featuring: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Democratic | U.S. House, Washington, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 18:19

That whole year I was doing that, the other properties we were looking at got turned into like trendy co working spaces or coffee shops or tattoos. I like tattoos. I like coffee. But If businesses in the trades can't own their own property, they can't invest in their community and put down roots. America loses. So we need to take a hard look at how we can create and build durable wealth in the trades, communities in the middle class. (18:19–18:26)

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Asserts that inability for trades businesses to own property hinders community investment and stability.

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