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Mark Pocan: “I really believe, Lawrence, is to fund their now $5.5…”

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

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Interview with Congressman Mark Pocan on Trump's Tariffs and Economic Impact

Published | Video Starts at 03:33

But you may not experience that for another five or six months down the road. But right now they're trying to get all this money and part of it is artificial, artificial revenue from tariffs. I really believe, Lawrence, is to fund their now $5.5 trillion tax cut for Elon Musk and Donald Trump and the wealthiest in this country. So never forget, their holy grail is this tax cut for the richest. Part of it is to fund, it is with, I think, artificial revenue from some of the tariffs. (03:33–03:42)

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Asserts that tariffs are being used to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

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