Pete Buttigieg: “Economic growth slowed down [after tax cuts for the rich].”

“Well, we paid the tariffs and then America lost manufacturing jobs. They cut taxes for the rich. They said we've got to do that in order to speed up economic growth. And what happened? Economic growth slowed down [after tax cuts for the rich]. It's worse now. The they said they were going to cut costs and prices. Inflation is actually higher now than the day Donald Trump took office.” (02:04–02:07)

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