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Cory Booker: “She's a single mom making $60,000 a year with a young child…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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America at a Crossroads: Steve Adubato in Conversation with U.S. Senator Cory Booker

Published | Video Starts at 11:30

… you got two kids, that would mean you would get to keep about $10,000 more of your hard earned money. You know this woman, she's by the North Ward center. She's a single mom making $60,000 a year with a young child. She would keep 10% of her money, $6,000 more. So that's a big idea. It's simple. Give people, let people keep more of their hard earned dollars. Need to be completely paid for, by the way, by getting rid of things on top. (11:30–11:38)

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Claims a single mom earning $60,000 would keep $6,000 more under his proposed tax plan.

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