But it's an extraordinary number of low income and middle income Americans, upwards of 40% of all American households, if this bill is implemented, will be poorer. Poorer because of it. Well, the very rich and the very affluent will be much richer. The very richest families in this country will get an average $270,000 tax cut because of this bill. Most families in this country can't imagine what it's like to live on $270,000 for a year. And yet that's the new amount of money that will be coming into families at the toppest end of our income pyramid. (02:27–02:35)
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Asserts that the bill provides an average $270,000 tax cut to the richest families.
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