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On the recordJuly 17, 2018
The tax scam that the Congressional Republicans and President Trump pushed through, explodes the deficit and raises taxes on 86 million American families to help out big corporations and very wealthy individuals.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters describes the tax reforms as detrimental to American families.

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