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Xavier Becerra: The greatest contributor, in fact, to today's deficits are the fact that the Bush tax cuts, which went mostly to very…

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
The greatest contributor, in fact, to today's deficits are the fact that the Bush tax cuts, which went mostly to very wealthy people, drained the Treasury of a great deal of money.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Becerra attributes current deficits largely to the Bush tax cuts benefiting the wealthy.

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