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Tom Tiffany: “Unemployment was nearly 10% [in Wisconsin] after the Great…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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WisPolitics-State Affairs Luncheon: GOP Congressman Tom Tiffany

Published | Video Starts at 09:51

That's not why I got into politics when I ran for the state assembly, it was because I wanted to change Wisconsin. If you remember back at that time in 2010, 3 billion dollar deficit here in the state of Wisconsin, Unemployment was nearly 10% [in Wisconsin] after the Great Recession, 2008, 2009. things were not going well for the state of Wisconsin. I was like, we have to do something different. And I'm willing to step up and do that. (09:51–09:57)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's unemployment rate was nearly 10% after the Great Recession.

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