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Bob Casey Jr.: “There's no reason why the wealthy should be getting a tax…”

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 13:47

… tax credit to literally put dollars in the pockets of families that are struggling and make the wealthy pay for it. And that should be, I think that should be. There's no reason why the wealthy should be getting a tax cut that they got last year that costs hundreds of billions of dollars. By one estimate, as much as a trillion dollars over 10 years. That doesn't make any sense. That's not going to help the country grow. (13:47–13:57)

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Asserts that recent tax cuts for the wealthy cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

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