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Greg Casar: “Costs are going to go up from these things.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Discussion on Trump Tariffs, Lobbyists, and Democratic Stance on Mark Zuckerberg

Published | Video Starts at 01:30

It's a sales tax and they want to cut the last like remaining progressive taxation structure we have in this country. And they want to make the working poor foot the bill by implementing this. Costs are going to go up from these things. Trump promised voters, whether they're voting for him or not, that he's going to bring down costs. And all he's Trump's been trying to figure out is how to bring down another check for himself for a billionaire tax break. (01:30–01:33)

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Asserts that costs will increase due to the tariffs.

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