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Chris Van Hollen: “We saw after the big tax giveaway to corporations that Trump enacted back in 2017 that so many corporations used those…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2021
We saw after the big tax giveaway to corporations that Trump enacted back in 2017 that so many corporations used those funds for stock buybacks instead of, you know, putting them into higher wages for employees or investing in more capital.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes corporate use of tax cuts for stock buybacks rather than employee wages.

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