when we were debating the tax relief law--the tax reduction law, the tax cut law--Republicans predicted that it would be very good for the people of our country. Democrats like Nancy Pelosi predicted that it would be ``Armageddon.'' She said it would be the ``end of the world.'' Well, that was just last month, and it is already very clear to me that we have won the argument. People across the country are seeing the benefits. Thanks to this Republican tax relief law, Nancy Pelosi is seeing that hard-working Americans have actually won as a result of this law being passed. Businesses around the country have begun turning those tax cuts into higher wages for many workers. Almost every day there is another business announcement about bonuses of more than $1,000 for workers. We are seeing it for hundreds of thousands of workers at businesses all across the country. They are raising wages and also investing millions of dollars back into the workers who make the companies so productive for our country. Democrats are just wrong about tax reform. I am hearing it at home as I visit with people and stop in the drugstore and the grocery store around the State of Wyoming. They are saying: Look, anybody who does the math sees that it is a good deal for them. It doubled the standard deduction, lowered the rates, and raised the child tax credit. All of these things have been very, very helpful, certainly, to people in my State of Wyoming.…
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