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On the recordApril 14, 2011
This is simple mathematics. When you went from the Clinton rates for the folks at the very top and you dropped the tax rate, we ended up losing a lot of jobs because of the economy. You also lose revenue. And when you do that, you shift the burden onto other people, whether you do it by cutting Medicaid, whether you do it by terminating the Medicare guarantee, or whether you do it by cutting education. That's just mathematics. I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan).
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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