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Tony Wied: “We continue to go further into debt. A trillion dollars…”

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

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Your Voice, Your Vote Tony Wied speaks with Action 2 News

Published | Video Starts at 01:37

With the number one issue with voters in the district being the economy. Weed says it's up to the next Congress to control spending, which he believes will prevent further inflation. We continue to go further into debt. A trillion dollars every 100 days. Right now, we need to control the reckless spending that we see in Washington. It is dysfunctional, and that is what is causing the inflation tax in hurting those that are on fixed incomes, like Social Security, those that are poor. (01:37–01:42)

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Asserts that the U.S. national debt increases by a trillion dollars every 100 days.

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