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On the recordJune 14, 2017
How can we justify giving the wealthy a tax cut while we take healthcare away from 23 million people?
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Baldwin questions the morality of tax cuts for the rich at the expense of healthcare access.

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