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David Weldon: “You are saying if we did not give families with children, the most heavily taxed group over the past 40 years in this…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
You are saying if we did not give families with children, the most heavily taxed group over the past 40 years in this country, an issue that is contributing to the breakdown in the family in the United States, the heavy tax burden on those young families with kids, if we took that tax break away from them, the Medicare plan would still be insolvent and we would still have to have this bill to try to protect and preserve Medicare?
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David Weldon
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the impact of tax burdens on families with children in relation to Medicare.

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