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Lindsey Graham: “Obama increased taxes by $3.1 trillion in 2017. I think that would devastate the economy.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
Obama increased taxes by $3.1 trillion in 2017. I think that would devastate the economy.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham argues that Obama's tax increases would harm the economy.

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