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On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
Eighty percent of the deficit effect of the act we passed at year-end 2015 was on the tax expenditure side, not on the spending side.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights the significant impact of tax expenditures on the deficit.

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