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On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
Showering tax cuts on the wealthy, and on big MAGA donors, and on big oil, are in my view not serious pathways to fiscal responsibility.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes tax cuts for the wealthy as ineffective for fiscal responsibility.

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