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Chris Van Hollen: It was a failed ideology. The idea that if you give big tax cuts to very rich and very wealthy people, somehow that will…

On the recordSeptember 20, 2023
It was a failed ideology. The idea that if you give big tax cuts to very rich and very wealthy people, somehow that will trickle down and lift everybody else up, has been a proven failure.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen denounces trickle-down economics as ineffective for the broader population.

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