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Lloyd Doggett: “A zombie of supply-side economics is returning from the dead. We know it didn't work for President Bush. We know it…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2017
A zombie of supply-side economics is returning from the dead. We know it didn't work for President Bush. We know it didn't work in the Reagan era. They are bringing it back again, saying, if you just give a little more to those who have so much already, it will benefit everyone else. The data does not show that. This is a tax bill that needs to be rejected because it is so unfair and inequitable to the American people. This is much worse than the healthcare repeal because its ramifications in leading to cutting Medicare and Social Security will be far-reaching. There will not be a family in America that goes untouched. Reject this budget. Reject this awful tax bill.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Oct 25, 2017

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