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Tom Barrett: “The reason we got into this problem in the first place is…”

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 02:57

What are the levers that either the President or Congress have to pull that they're not pulling? Sure. And thanks for the question. And you know, it's important to point out that The reason we got into this problem in the first place is because of the decisions made by the President and those votes that were cast by my opponent that doubled and tripled and quadrupled down on more and more and more government spending. When you print and spend trillions, literally up to $10 trillion in new money that is pumped into the economy, the only result of that is going to be an inflationary effect. (02:57–03:10)

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Asserts that inflation was caused by decisions and votes for increased government spending.

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