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Ben Ray Luján: “But when the richest amongst us in America pay the lowest rates, the richest amongst us have over $50,000 more every…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2021
But when the richest amongst us in America pay the lowest rates, the richest amongst us have over $50,000 more every year from the 2017 tax bill, the Republicans' tax plan cost Americans $1.8 trillion and largely benefited the largest corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, however our colleagues on the other side of the aisle now insist that the United States cannot afford to provide a meaningful relief to these middle-class families, including in New Mexico, it just seems wrong to me.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Lujan criticizes the tax benefits for the wealthy and calls for relief for middle-class families.

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