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Tom Barrett: “We could pave a brand new state highway from the Capitol…”

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 19:38

All of things we're taking away when we invest in these corporate welfare schemes. We're taking away from those other highly more valuable investments. We could pave the amount of money that we gave General Motors. We could pave a brand new state highway from the Capitol Building, Lansing, all the way to the Mackinac Bridge and have money left over, pay for it in cash with no debt. They value infrastructure more than these incentive payments that are merely a way of paying off liabilities we have higher up on that list. (19:38–19:47)

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Asserts that funds given to GM could build a highway with surplus.

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