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Gwen Moore: “They temporarily raise some of the benefits for people in…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Gwen Moore and Wisconsin Democrats Critique Federal Budget Cuts on PBS Wisconsin's Here and Now

Published | Video Starts at 03:17

Oh, that's one of their huge talking points, Frederica, is that if we don't pass this big beautiful bill, everybody, including lower income taxpayers are gonna suffer. Big gimmick that They temporarily raise some of the benefits for people in the lower quintiles... and then they go away, whereas they make the rest of the corporate benefits permanent. I mean, it is so nefarious and it's really not funny. On the Medicaid provisions we know it would require able bodied adults to work, volunteer or be in school for 80 hours a month. (03:17–03:37)

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Asserts that benefits for lower-income individuals are temporary, while corporate benefits are made permanent.

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