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Maria Cantwell: “These tax cuts are expected to result in a 70-percent larger rise in Federal debt as a share of the economy than we…”

On the recordApril 23, 2018
These tax cuts are expected to result in a 70-percent larger rise in Federal debt as a share of the economy than we would have otherwise had through 2025.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell highlights the projected increase in federal debt due to tax cuts.

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