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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “To pay for tax cuts to the top 10%, to the tune of $2.3…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 08:20

It will cause closures of rural hospitals and emergency rooms across the country. It will endanger the lives of millions of Americans. And for what? To pay for tax cuts to the top 10%, to the tune of $2.3 trillion over the next 10 years. And an extra $50,000 in tax cuts apiece on top of that to the top 1% in this country. And guess what else they did after looting our health care? (08:20–08:30)

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Asserts that tax cuts amounting to $2.3 trillion over 10 years were given to the top 10%.

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