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Phil Scott: “The unemployment rate is great, you know, three point…”

Featuring: Phil Scott, Republican | Governor of Vermont

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Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016

Published | Video Starts at 10:41

It's a very expensive state to live in. We have less people working than we did seven years ago. That tells me that the workforce is shrinking, The unemployment rate is great, you know, three point whatever percent unemployment rate. that's wonderful. But I look at the net, you know, when somebody talks about their gross and sales and so forth, that's fine, that's one way of measuring something. (10:41–10:47)

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