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Bernie Sanders: “The President's tax plan is not going to lower the deficit. According to the CBO, it is going to increase the deficit.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
The President's tax plan is not going to lower the deficit. According to the CBO, it is going to increase the deficit.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Claiming the President's tax plan will worsen the deficit, not improve it.

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