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On the recordMay 23, 2017
Under your budget, 3 million wealthy Americans get a $213,000 tax cut; 240 not so wealthy Americans get a $210 tax cut.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Critique of the budget's tax cuts favoring the wealthy over the middle class.

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