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Michael Bennet: If you tax people into poverty, you cannot then complain that people are not becoming part of the workforce.

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
If you tax people into poverty, you cannot then complain that people are not becoming part of the workforce.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet discusses the negative impact of taxing low-income workers.

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