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Kirsten Gillibrand: “That's worth about a trillion dollars and it's just not your…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 Presidential Campaign and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 36:18

Take away the whole tax cut, I. Would leave in place the middle class tax cuts and take away the tax cuts that went to the ultra wealthy and the most successful companies. That's worth about a trillion dollars and it's just not your biggest bang for the buck. I would be investing in those employees in Youngstown, Ohio, to make sure they have access to new jobs, new economies, new manufacturing in their communities so they can continue to thrive as a community. (36:18–36:23)

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Asserts that tax cuts for the wealthy are worth about a trillion dollars and are inefficient.

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