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Tom Barrett: “It's a billion dollar slush fund created by the State…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Flashpoint: Congress candidates speak about their campaigns prior to Michigan’s election

Published | Video Starts at 16:18

It's a consistent track record that I have. When you peel back the onion of this, It's a billion dollar slush fund created by the State legislature to reward global corporations with taxes paid by working families at a cost of over $166,000 for every single job they are going to create. And when you look at the effect of that, these jobs are going to pay workers $46,000 a year. Taxpayers are paying $166,000 for them. (16:18–16:33)

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Asserts that a state fund costs $166,000 per job created.

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