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Mark Pocan: “They put it on the national debt and our kids and our…”

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

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 20:25

My guess, Dean, could be if we do this right, there's bad and worse possibilities. The bad possibility is they're going to do the tax cuts no matter what. They put it on the national debt and our kids and our grandkids pay for it like they did the last time. But the worst possibility is they cut a bunch of programs and education and health care for people, and they still put money on the debt because that's also part of how they're going to pay for this. (20:25–20:31)

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Asserts that tax cuts are added to the national debt, affecting future generations.

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