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Mark Pocan: “That tax bill racked up trillions of dollars in debt that…”

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 05:28

Something like 80% plus of the money in the tax break bill went to the top 1%, leaving pennies for the rest of us. But That tax bill racked up trillions of dollars in debt that many of us are going to be repaying for a while. and all we really got were those few pennies by passing a giant tax cut bill in a reconciliation bill. Something we will talk about soon on this podcast. (05:28–05:34)

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