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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

My democrat colleagues talk a big game about making Wall Street pay their fair share.

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

Isn't it true that many of the tax proposals that we've heard about today haven't been enacted because of the Democrats' own failure to enact when they had that opportunity?

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

Congress should regularly examine tax incentives, just as we should review spending programs to ensure that they're working as intended.

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

However, at the Budget Committee hearing last year, the majority witness, Bruce Bartlett, let slip the truth by saying this. Quote: 'I think we should raise taxes on the wealthy, but we're going to have to eventually raise taxes on the…

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

Okay. Won't the policies Democrats chose to enact as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act overwhelmingly benefit large corporations, as well as banks and even private equity firms?

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Jun 12, 2024

Congress should regularly examine tax incentives, just as we should review spending programs to ensure that they're working as intended.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 12, 2024

I am here to inform my colleagues what is wrong with our immigration enforcement involving children. In April, the Biden administration finalized a rule governing its Unaccompanied Minors Program. They did this over the objections of this…

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

My democrat colleagues talk a big game about making Wall Street pay their fair share.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

Congress should regularly examine tax incentives, just as we should review spending programs to ensure that they're working as intended.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

Since the 2020 campaign, President Biden has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

Okay. Won't the policies Democrats chose to enact as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act overwhelmingly benefit large corporations, as well as banks and even private equity firms?

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

However, at the Budget Committee hearing last year, the majority witness, Bruce Bartlett, let slip the truth by saying this. Quote: 'I think we should raise taxes on the wealthy, but we're going to have to eventually raise taxes on the…

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

Isn't it true that many of the tax proposals that we've heard about today haven't been enacted because of the Democrats' own failure to enact when they had that opportunity?

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

Proponents of a financial transaction tax argue it would promote market stability. Has that been the experience of countries who have implemented such a tax?

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 11, 2024

It's just ridiculous to think you can raise marginal tax rates to 93 percent and you're going to get people stupid enough to pay 93 percent of their income in taxes, so they're working for nothing.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 5, 2024

65 percent of Americans report that entrenched inflation has made their financial situation worse off under the Biden administration.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 5, 2024

If the Federal Government is going to remain ready to respond to the natural disasters and national emergencies, we have to have the capability of doing that, and it seems to me that begs to put the nation's fiscal house in order.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 5, 2024

President Biden and the majority would like us all to ignore our exploding $34 trillion debt.

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