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Pete Sessions: “That is exactly right. Once again, said another way, a person would be taxed only at their own income, as opposed to…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2007
That is exactly right. Once again, said another way, a person would be taxed only at their own income, as opposed to combining that rate, which then would increase the amount of taxes that a person would pay. What I am telling the gentleman is that in around 1,300 days, if the Democrat majority does not reextend these tax cuts, that all four of these taxes and more that I have talked about will go back to the rate that they were before the Republicans lowered those taxes.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the potential impact of tax cuts during a debate.

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