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Mark Pocan: “We sold our business last May after 37 years.”

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

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With Liberty & Justice for Some ep. 63: Discussing how Trump hurts Small Businesses

Published | Video Starts at 14:47

So 4, 4 out of 5 of our small business owners said that they were going to have to pass on the cost to their customers. Essentially, yeah. You know, We sold our business last May after 37 years. But when the tariff stuff started, I started getting increases from vendors and, you know, we used to engrave plaques and awards and I could see some of the stuff coming from overseas. (14:47–14:51)

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