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Sen. Paul Simon: “But down to the bottom. It says future generations--way down at the bottom there, next-to-the-last line. You go over…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
But down to the bottom. It says future generations--way down at the bottom there, next-to-the-last line. You go over with reconciliation and with health care reform and with all the optimistic assumptions, 10 years solid growth, no dip: Future generations, lifetime net tax rates of 66 to 75 percent. The Senator from New York knows that just is not going to happen.
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Sen. Paul Simon
Illinois

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The speaker discusses the implications of tax rates on future generations in the context of health care reform.

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