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Mark Pocan: “Almost all of the gains go to the very richest and the…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Trump's National Guard Deployment and the Impact of the Billionaires' Bill

Published | Video Starts at 16:01

That's less than 5% of the bill or about 5% of the bill. That's what you have to know. Almost all of the gains go to the very richest and the bottom 40 percentile of folks pay more in this bill instead of less. So, you know, that's what this bill is really about. And you know, I have not seen part of it is because we're still getting some of the numbers out of this. (16:01–16:11)

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Asserts that the bill benefits the wealthy while increasing taxes on the bottom 40% of income earners.

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