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Hank Johnson: “Nobody said anything and nobody is saying anything because they want those tax cuts to become permanent while they at…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2011
Nobody said anything and nobody is saying anything because they want those tax cuts to become permanent while they at the same time would vote to impose a balanced budget amendment, which really would just simply lock in an unfair tax rate or a tax system that is unfair, would lock it in and make it much more difficult to change it. So, Congressman, these are issues that I'm pleased to sit here and discuss with you. I look forward to further dialogue from both people on this side of the aisle, along with my friends on the other side of the aisle, because when it's all said and done, we're all in the same boat together.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia
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Dec 1, 2011

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