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John Larson: “70% of your tax cut goes to the nation's wealthiest 1%.”

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

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Congressman John Larson Discusses Social Security, Medicare, and Tariffs on Community Focus in Bloomfield

Published | Video Starts at 17:17

In fact, Rich Neal, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from Springfield, Massachusetts, got up and said, we were ready to work with you, but here's the difference in our proposals. 70% of your tax cut goes to the nation's wealthiest 1%. That means people earning over $700,000 a year. @ every forum I do, I ask people, raise your hand if you're making over $400,000 a year. (17:17–17:23)

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

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