One trillion of that is accounted for by the tax cuts for the folks at the very top, and if you returned those tax rates to where they were during the Clinton administration, a period of great economic growth, that would be $1 trillion of that.
Chris Van Hollen: “One trillion of that is accounted for by the tax cuts for the folks at the very top, and if you returned those tax rates…”
On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
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Van Hollen discusses the impact of tax cuts on the economy and advocates for tax reform.
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