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On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
Now, this tax plan borrowed $1.5 trillion from our children, and then when the benefits flow out through these buybacks, only 3 percent goes to working America and $221 billion, as you say, goes to the richest Americans.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the tax plan for benefiting the wealthy at the expense of future generations.

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