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Ron Wyden: “I think my colleague is making an extremely important point. I think what is important in his projection is that we have…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2017
I think my colleague is making an extremely important point. I think what is important in his projection is that we have seen this movie before. Isn't this what happened in the Bush tax cuts and so many of these other projections? They get the sugar high by running the big deficits up by the breaks to the multinationals and the donors and the like. Then, they don't get the jobs. Then, they get these big deficits. I think what the Senator is talking about is that, then, they come back and go after the hunger programs, Medicaid, and Social Security. Is that what my colleague is talking about?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
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Nov 30, 2017

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