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Matt Cartwright: “Many [big corporations] pay little, some of them pay no…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District Debate

Published | Video Starts at 38:51

Mr. Cartwright, here come the culture wars again. And this is all a big distraction, folks, from the main play that's going on. The big corporations that got a huge tax cuts. Many [big corporations] pay little, some of them pay no taxes even though they're making record profits. And they have people like this shilling for them down in Washington and distracting everybody by delighting you with tales of culture war. Sure, I support marriage equality. (38:51–38:57)

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Asserts that many big corporations pay little or no taxes despite record profits.

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