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Van Wanggaard: “The consumer, because it's going to be transferred back to…”

Featuring: Van Wanggaard, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 21

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Van Wanggaard (R) for 21st Senate District

Published | Video Starts at 16:46

So that means that every one of those other positions are going to have to have an increase. And who's going to end up paying that? The consumer, because it's going to be transferred back to somebody. So. So I think we need to be a lot smarter with how we approach this and what we're doing, and we need to stop pushing people to staying in … (16:46–16:50)

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Asserts that the cost of wage increases will be passed on to consumers.

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