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Chris Van Hollen: “So where they would drop the top rate all the way down to 25 percent, have you seen any plausible scenario where you can…”

On the recordApril 10, 2013
So where they would drop the top rate all the way down to 25 percent, have you seen any plausible scenario where you can do that in a deficit-neutral manner without increasing the tax burden on middle income families?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning the feasibility of the Republican tax plan without burdening middle-income families.

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