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Harry Reid: “The people who met yesterday with the President-elect in Texas, these rich people--and I have nothing against rich…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2001
The people who met yesterday with the President-elect in Texas, these rich people--and I have nothing against rich people; I am happy he is meeting with them--I hope some of them realize the biggest tax cut anyone will ever get in their entire professional career is if we reduce the deficit. We talk about across-the-board tax cuts; that will give an across-the-board tax cut because everything they do, from buying a new piece of land to paying their mortgages, will be cheaper.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of deficit reduction on tax cuts during a speech.

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