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Ron Wyden: “It was almost like this administration was comatose for Reagan trickle-down economics.”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
It was almost like this administration was comatose for Reagan trickle-down economics.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden compares current tax cut claims to past failed economic theories.

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