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Louie Gohmert: “It is so important also to note that, with all the talk about our friends across the aisle who are concerned about the…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
It is so important also to note that, with all the talk about our friends across the aisle who are concerned about the working poor in America, if you look at the bill that was passed out of this House, it makes it very clear: if you can't afford the great policy that is mandated and if you're just above the poverty line where the government is going to pay for it, you'll have an additional 2 rac{1}{2} percent income tax on your income. That is outrageous. Those are the people who, if they could afford to buy the insurance, they would buy the insurance. Now you're going to pop them with another 2 rac{1}{2} percent tax. That's not caring about the working poor, about the people who are helping make the engine in this country go.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Jan 20, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Gohmert criticizes a bill imposing additional taxes on low-income individuals unable to afford mandated insurance.

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