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Heidi Alexander: The idea is that you don't raise taxes in the middle of an economic downturn because it makes it harder to create jobs.…

On the recordDecember 1, 2010
The idea is that you don't raise taxes in the middle of an economic downturn because it makes it harder to create jobs. And that raising those taxes now makes no sense.
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Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
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govinfo.gov
Dec 1, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the impact of raising taxes during an economic downturn.

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