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Mike Johnson: “Do you not believe that cutting the capital gains tax rate, as Congress did in 2003, can have a positive macroeconomic…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
Do you not believe that cutting the capital gains tax rate, as Congress did in 2003, can have a positive macroeconomic impact?
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Questioning the positive effects of the 2003 capital gains tax cut on the economy.

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