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John Barrasso: “The Democrats were trying to raise taxes, $4 trillion.”

Featuring: John Barrasso, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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Senator Barrasso Joins Fox Business' "Kudlow"

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

He's curing Bidenflation. So Senator Barrasso. Well, he is in your Riff, you talked about incentives. So what the Republicans did when we passed our law is we basically cut taxes. The Democrats were trying to raise taxes, $4 trillion. I mean, when you punish productivity to that level, that's a disincentive. What we did is no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. (02:31–02:35)

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