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Rob Portman: “I mean, we could do a number of things to get wages up. But every economic study I have seen says the same thing, which…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2015
I mean, we could do a number of things to get wages up. But every economic study I have seen says the same thing, which is, if you do in fact go with a pro-growth tax reform on the business side, you are going to see the benefit go to the workers.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman argues that pro-growth tax reform will benefit workers through higher wages.

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