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Michael Burgess: We all know from--I've got to be careful here, because, of course, I'd be asking you to offer an opinion and I know I…

On the recordDecember 3, 2009
We all know from--I've got to be careful here, because, of course, I'd be asking you to offer an opinion and I know I must not do that, but we look at previous times where the White House has made a difference in job creation in this country, and, in my brief lifetime, that was when President Kennedy reduced the marginal tax rates and when President Reagan did the same thing in the 1980s.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess references historical tax cuts by Kennedy and Reagan impacting job creation.

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