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Ron Wyden: “I want to continue this discussion, because it seems to me retroactive, debt-financed tax cuts, particularly temporary…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
I want to continue this discussion, because it seems to me retroactive, debt-financed tax cuts, particularly temporary ones, are a prescription for more trouble in the American economy in the long term.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns against the long-term economic risks of temporary tax cuts.

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