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Robert Ehrlich: In much the same way some people will believe tax cuts for working folks are tax cuts for the rich, in a very similar…

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
In much the same way some people will believe tax cuts for working folks are tax cuts for the rich, in a very similar way some people will believe that slowing the growth in Medicare from 10 percent to 7 percent a year is a cut and on and on and on. I will close with this: I think the American people are a lot smarter than that.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing perceptions of tax cuts and Medicare growth during a floor speech.

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