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John Larson: “70% of that [tax cut] will go to the nation's wealthiest 1%.”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman John Larson's Town Hall on Social Security, Tax Cuts, and Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 15:28

And then thirdly, with regard to the bill on reconciliation, putting forward making permanent Trump's tax cut that he passed in 2017 that expires this year in 2025, to then take and make that permanent and guarantee that 70% of that [tax cut] will go to the nation's wealthiest 1%. is beyond obscene. At a time when working men and women need all the help that we can get, we have answers and solutions both in terms of what people … (15:28–15:34)

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Asserts that 70% of the proposed permanent tax cut benefits the wealthiest 1%.

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