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Deborah Koff Ross: Now, these $50 billion in cuts, including the $600 million in cuts to orphans and foster care, went to help pay for a…

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
Now, these $50 billion in cuts, including the $600 million in cuts to orphans and foster care, went to help pay for a $56 billion tax cut, which mostly benefited those earning over $400,000 a year, 50 percent of which went to those earning over $1 million a year; is this correct?
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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