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Tony Wied: “Prices continue to rise, and it's from the reckless spending…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Tony Wied-Kristin Lyerly U.S. House debate

Published | Video Starts at 16:31

You know, people are, you know, the government saying that we're paying 20% more in the grocery store, but people are also saying 30, 40, even 50% more for goods that you normally buy and again, that is the problem right now. Prices continue to rise, and it's from the reckless spending that we continue to see in Washington. and we cannot have that. I have been in business, a small family business that my wife and I both ran, and it was very difficult. (16:31–16:37)

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Asserts that rising prices are due to reckless spending in Washington.

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