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Rob Mercuri: “Let's employ those folks. Let's get them to work in the…”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

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Prosperity is Possible PA State Legislative Panel

Published | Video Starts at 43:25

… is diminishing our growth, lowering our trajectory and causing us to have conversations about what to tax next and by how much so that we can pay unemployment taxes. Well, Let's employ those folks. Let's get them to work in the energy sector by repealing Reggie. We should have done it in previous administrations, but we've got a new governor now and you know, when the government is front and center and they used to call, you know, Governor Wolf, King Wolf during COVID and because of Reggie. (43:25–43:31)

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Asserts that repealing Reggie would create jobs in the energy sector.

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