On the recordMay 18, 2010
U.S. Senator Kent Conrad has been dubious of rosy estimates.
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congress.govU.S. Senator Kent Conrad has been dubious of rosy estimates.
Kent Conrad questions optimistic projections regarding Puerto Rico's statehood costs.
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You know, we met with a Congressman on the Ways and Means Committee this morning, and we were on a subject related to this. You really see it with our elderly people who do not have options or options are closing in on them.
We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.
It lifts the bottom. It asks those of us at the top to take a little less of an increase than we might have expected.