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Harry Reid: “I heard the Senator speaking and wanted to congratulate the Senator. I listened also to Kevin Phillips' presentation. By…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2003
I heard the Senator speaking and wanted to congratulate the Senator. I listened also to Kevin Phillips' presentation. By the way, Kevin Phillips is a Republican, not a Democrat. But he was fair in his analysis. Quite clearly, all economists that I know, unless they work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, say this tax plan is bizarre. Crazy. The Senator is aware, is he not, that not only do we have this tax plan that is floating around, that is going to be very harmful short term and disastrous long term, the Senator is aware that the Wall Street Journal, which is also not a piece put out by the Democratic Party, said today, on page 2: "Slump in Job Market is Longest in Decades." And near-term prospects for workers remain grim? Is the Senator aware that is in the Wall Street Journal today?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the negative impact of a tax plan and job market conditions.

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