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Scott Rigell: “We have had about $1.8 trillion in tax increases, roughly a trillion dollars in the Affordable Care Act, or as I think…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
We have had about $1.8 trillion in tax increases, roughly a trillion dollars in the Affordable Care Act, or as I think of it, the un-Affordable Care Act.
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Scott Rigell
Republican · Virginia

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Rigell criticizes tax increases associated with the Affordable Care Act.

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