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Mark Pocan: “It's tax break is also a tax expenditure.”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some – Episode 2 Fixing the Tax Code with Erica Payne

Published | Video Starts at 14:13

You start with tax code. So we need to understand that as a first order of business. Yeah. And one of the things I like to remind people is it's also, It's tax break is also a tax expenditure. Just like you would spend money on housing or health care or anything else, you make a choice. (14:13–14:17)

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Asserts that tax breaks are equivalent to tax expenditures.

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