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Tim Scott: “Here it is. Here is the good news for every American. They ought to hear loud and clear that 80 percent of the folks who…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2017
Here it is. Here is the good news for every American. They ought to hear loud and clear that 80 percent of the folks who are punished--punished--by the individual mandate live in a household of less than $50,000 of income, and one-third of those folks live in a household of less than $25,000. Therefore, the benefit of our actions is to set folks free from being penalized for doing nothing.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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Dec 1, 2017

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