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Joe Neguse: “It's purely to pay for tax cuts for the richest Americans.”

Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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They are doing it to pay for in part, in part, because of course, this bill would increase the deficit, as Tom Massie, Republican member, of course, from Kentucky has noted, and apparently Elon Musk concurred with earlier today. But It's purely to pay for tax cuts for the richest Americans. We believe that that's deeply unfair and imprudent. And we're hoping that through this process, at some point Republicans will read the room and join us in defending working class Americans. (02:32–02:35)

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Asserts that the bill is intended to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

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