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On the recordMay 31, 2012
For 8 years, the President Bush pursued a failed ideology of trickle-down economics based on the theory that tax cuts for the very wealthy and an anything goes license on Wall Street would boost our economy and lift all boats.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes Bush's economic policies and their negative impact on the economy.

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