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Joseph T. Burns: “I enjoyed the speech of my good friend from Illinois. But I also want to footnote it by saying it is pretty tough to…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2000
I enjoyed the speech of my good friend from Illinois. But I also want to footnote it by saying it is pretty tough to give tax cuts to folks who don't pay taxes. So it is a little on the rough side to do that.

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Discussing the challenges of implementing tax cuts during a debate.

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