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Peter Navarro: “$8 trillion have come into this country in terms of pledged…”

Featuring: Peter Navarro, Republican | Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, Trump Administration | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:41

The no tax on tips, no tax on overtime is going to mean $1,500 a year more in the pockets of service workers. So that's a really big deal. And the last thing I'll tell you in terms of the statistics, $8 trillion have come into this country in terms of pledged investment. And why is that important? From an economist's point of view, I can tell you that when you have investment, you have an increase in productivity, and productivity increases is the key to wage increases. (02:41–02:49)

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Asserts that $8 trillion have been pledged as investment into the country.

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