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Gwen Moore: “We paid $450 billion a year, had no growth in our economy.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:00

… that I've done is a sort of the average that someone who makes $50,000 a year gets as a tax refund this year will be $247. And as you indicated, We paid $450 billion a year, had no growth in our economy. And what we have provided for these outstanding Americans here, and you are, and I are also Americans, is crumbs from the master stable, basically. (01:00–01:07)

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Asserts that $450 billion is paid annually with no economic growth.

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