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Mark Pocan: “Tariffs are used in a way that becomes a tax on all of us.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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US Rep. Mark Pocan on tariffs, funding cuts and immigration | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 03:28

You're just throwing them all out there. I mean, when a country that only has penguins gets tariffs, someone's not really thinking through this. And that's the real problem right now. They're Tariffs are used in a way that becomes a tax on all of us. and. And people are going to see their costs keep going up. And that's the opposite, again, with what we were promised. (03:28–03:32)

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Asserts that tariffs function as a tax on the public.

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