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Patrick Morrisey: “We put 5% into the base. But then knowing the importance of…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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So what we did is we said, look, we've made a lot of really difficult decisions and We put 5% into the base. But then knowing the importance of having deeper tax cuts... I said, look, what we really need is a 10% tax cut, income tax cut. income tax cut. I'm convinced we can get there that extra resources. I want to collaborate with them, work with them rather than just try to dictate as to what the executive wants. (18:58–19:19)

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Proposes a 10% income tax cut, with 5% already included in the budget base.

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