Steve Cohen: “There certainly can be. We had $1 trillion of deficit created because…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019

There certainly can be. We had $1 trillion of deficit created because of tax decreases.

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Cohen asserts that tax increases could generate significant revenue to combat the deficit.

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Steve Cohen: “There certainly can be. We had $1 trillion of deficit created because of tax decreases.”