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Glenn Grothman: “Say we right now are borrowing 26% of our annual budget.”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Congressman Glenn Grothman Discusses Immigration, IRS Issues, and Religious Freedom on Brandon House Live

Published | Video Starts at 19:24

You can only have one no, no. I think if they ever go to a sales tax, what it will mean is they're adding a sales tax to the income tax. We can't have that. Say we right now are borrowing 26% of our annual budget. I will tell you, if we put a national sales tax in there, they are not going to reduce the income tax. They will get you twice. Yeah, we can't have that. (19:24–19:30)

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