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Jeb Hensarling: “As the Democrats offer up their single largest tax increase in American history, that is like the appetizer. The single…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2007
As the Democrats offer up their single largest tax increase in American history, that is like the appetizer. The single largest tax increase in history is just the start. The Comptroller General, the Chief Fiduciary Officer of the Federal Government has said that if we don't begin to reform entitlement spending, this spending explosion in Washington, unless, as a society, we find a better way, a smarter way to deliver health care and retirement security at a more reasonable cost, we are going to be on a path to double taxes, double taxes on our children and grandchildren in just one generation. And that is why I say, the single largest tax increase in American history, that is just the appetizer.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of proposed tax increases and entitlement spending.

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