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Barney Frank: in the interest of historical accuracy, I was going to ask if President Reagan said that when he signed a big tax…

On the recordApril 12, 2000
in the interest of historical accuracy, I was going to ask if President Reagan said that when he signed a big tax increase in 1982, which he deemed necessary for economic purposes, or when a couple of years later he signed another significant tax increase which raised Social Security taxes? Those were two tax increases President Reagan signed. I do not think either one of them got two-thirds, so they might not have been passed under this. I wonder whether Mr. Reagan said that when he was signing those two very significant tax increases. I voted against both of them, by the way.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing tax increases signed by President Reagan during a floor speech.

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