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Jack Kingston: listening to the previous speaker, my friend from California, I wonder, did he not take economics in school? History has…

On the recordJanuary 24, 2002
listening to the previous speaker, my friend from California, I wonder, did he not take economics in school? History has shown us over and over again, lowering taxes stimulates the economy; stimulating the economy gives more people jobs; more people working means more people paying taxes; more people paying taxes means more revenues coming into Washington. And that is the basic difference between the Republican Party and the Democrat Party and their allies in Big Government. That is why Ted Kennedy, the leader of the Democrat Party, has called for a massive new tax increase. Hello.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the economic impact of tax policy during a floor speech.

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