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Joe Crowley: “Seniors making $40,000 a year are considered wealthy and deserve to see their Medicare costs go up; but a small…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Seniors making $40,000 a year are considered wealthy and deserve to see their Medicare costs go up; but a small, temporary income tax surcharge on people earning over $1 million a year, that's not acceptable? Let's reject this bill. Hardworking Americans deserve better. They deserve middle class tax relief that doesn't come at the expense of our seniors.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York
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Dec 13, 2011

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