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James Lankford: “If the economy starts to get healthy again, then you have more people paying taxes and it goes up.”

On the recordNovember 26, 2017
If the economy starts to get healthy again, then you have more people paying taxes and it goes up.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford argues that tax cuts could lead to economic growth and increased tax revenue.

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