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On the recordJuly 9, 1997
Just been fascinated listening. I think there are a number of things that I would like to build off that some of you have talked about. No. 1, I think we want to personalize this. What does it actually mean to the average family? You are talking about the families with three children, $1,500 more per year. That is $30 per week in an increase in take-home pay with a per-child tax credit, $30 per week, not gross, where the Federal Government comes in and takes their share again, $30 per week increase in take-home pay. And we talk about the death tax and the reduction in the capital gains tax. We are talking about creating an economy that will create more jobs. More jobs, more opportunity, greater investment, greater investment which will enable our workers to be working in the highest value-added jobs in the world, and when they are adding more value than any other workers in the world, it will enable them to continue to be the highest-paid workers in the world so that they can maintain the highest standard of living. We are going to kick off a project, we just got approval yesterday, which we call the American Worker at a Crossroads, which is going to examine these issues on a longer-term basis.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the impact of tax cuts on families and the economy.

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