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Kent Conrad: “I am ready with a question. I say to the Senator, I look at this ``Building a Wall of Taxes'' and the numbers don't…”

On the recordMay 9, 2007
I am ready with a question. I say to the Senator, I look at this ``Building a Wall of Taxes'' and the numbers don't match the visual. The Senator's chart shows under our budget that taxes would be 18.6 percent of GDP in 2007 and 18.8 percent of GDP in 2012, and it shows visually this huge increase in taxes. By his own chart, there is almost no difference. I would ask the Senator, how can it be that the Senator shows a chart that makes it look as though there is some big increase in taxes, when by the Senator's own designations, it is 18.6 percent of GDP in 2007 and 18.8 percent in 2012?
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the accuracy of a colleague's chart on tax projections during a Senate debate.

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