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Chris Van Hollen: “We tried trickle-down. We lived it; we saw a net job loss. But who picked up the tab? The rest of the country because it…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2012
We tried trickle-down. We lived it; we saw a net job loss. But who picked up the tab? The rest of the country because it drove a huge hole in our deficit; and in order to deal with that, if we don't ask folks at the top to pay a little bit more, the rest of the country ends up picking up the tab. That's just not right, and it doesn't help the economy.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Aug 1, 2012

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