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Pete Buttigieg: “Costs need to go down and wages need to go up, not the other…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Rallies with Michigan Dems, Live from Detroit, MI

Published | Video Starts at 06:16

You don't have to be a lifelong Democrat to believe that one job ought to be enough in the American economy. You don't have to be a bleeding heart liberal to see that Costs need to go down and wages need to go up, not the other way around. You don't have to belong to this political party or that political party to recognize that God does not belong to any political party in the United States. Of America. (06:16–06:21)

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Asserts that economic policy should focus on reducing costs and increasing wages.

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