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On the recordDecember 20, 2017
If you will listen, this bill is trickle-down at its worst. Except for the very wealthy trickle, it is, at best, a trickle; and for millions, not even that; and for the economy at large, a discredited theory. It is a deficit time bomb. The Speaker said to the middle class: Don't worry, the expiring tax cuts will surely be extended. That means the real deficit from this bill is $2.5 trillion, a humongous deficit wrapped in your hypocrisy--in your hypocrisy. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are again reminded that they should address their remarks to the Chair.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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