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Nicholas Begich: “We saw what happens when the government tries to print money…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Thursday 3-7-24 - Candidate Nick Begich & Senator Mike Shower

Published | Video Starts at 12:29

We just print the money we need anyway. It's absurd. It's absurd to think that we should, that we can just print our way out of this problem. Right? We saw what happens when the government tries to print money that they, that they shouldn't have. We get inflation and we're still fighting it. Inflation is starting to lift. Back off. You're going to hear from Joe Biden tonight at the State of the union. Try to make the case that inflation is under control. (12:29–12:37)

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Asserts that government money printing leads to inflation, which is still an ongoing issue.

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