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Robert Reich: “You can't as a presidential candidate preach big, big tax cuts, mostly to the very wealthy, at the same time you are…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2012
You can't as a presidential candidate preach big, big tax cuts, mostly to the very wealthy, at the same time you are adopting presumably a Ryan budget plan that lops off huge programs that a lot of the middle class and the poor depend on, and say I don't know how I'm going to pay for it, those huge tax cuts.
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Robert Reich

Editor's note · Context

Reich criticizes Romney's approach to tax cuts and budget plans during his campaign.

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