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Bob Casey Jr.: “The top 1% of the top earners in the country, sometimes…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Former senator Bob Casey on Congress, midterms and why voters are frustrated with Washington

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

So those kinds of direct and substantial impacts on people's lives. Obviously, I'd love to see some robust tax reform and something close to or analogous to a middle class tax cut. The top 1% of the top earners in the country, sometimes people that are just making money off of investments, the wealthiest among us, they've been getting tax breaks for 40 years. It's about time, I think, that the middle got a substantial tax cut so they can pay for some of these prices that have been higher. What about tariffs? (04:39–04:51)

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