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Shri Thanedar: “Trickle down economics has never worked.”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Shri Thanedar on Let It Rip

Published | Video Starts at 08:36

When you raise the minimum wage to $15, the people one, you let people live with dignity and when you give them a raise, people would spend that. All of that money will come in our economy and grow our economy. Trickle down economics has never worked. and we got to stop trying trickle down economics. We need to invest in people and my plan is to put people over corporate profits. You've talked about a single payer health care system. (08:36–08:40)

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Asserts that trickle-down economics has never been effective.

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