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David Schweikert: “The US Tax code got more progressive [after the 2017 tax…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 06:23

And there's two reasons for doing this. I want to show that the vast majority of where the tax cuts were were for the working middle class and that The US Tax code got more progressive [after the 2017 tax reform]. The wealthy, the top tiers. The top. Actually a couple tiers in the United States of income today pay a higher percentage of the federal income tax than they did before 2017. (06:23–06:28)

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Asserts that the U.S. tax code became more progressive following the 2017 tax reform.

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