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Chris Van Hollen: “For eight years, President Bush pursued a failed ideology of trickle-down economics based on a theory that tax cuts for…”

On the recordMay 31, 2012
For eight years, President Bush pursued a failed ideology of trickle-down economics based on a theory that tax cuts for the very wealthy and an 'anything goes' license on Wall Street would boost our economy and lift all boats.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes Bush's economic policies for benefiting the wealthy.

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