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Chris Van Hollen: With the tax cut, as it accelerated, the economy gave a sugar high that all of a sudden regular folks were going to get…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
With the tax cut, as it accelerated, the economy gave a sugar high that all of a sudden regular folks were going to get an increase in their real wages.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen discusses the misleading expectations of wage increases from tax cuts.

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