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Peter Welch: “Tax cuts for billionaires tariff, which is in effect a tax…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on "The Takeout"

Published | Video Starts at 05:58

So he made that connection better than we did, better than Harris did. Now his prescriptions are going to make things worse in my view. Tax cuts for billionaires tariff, which is in effect a tax increase. It will cost the average Vermont family about 3,500 bucks if his policy goes into effect. But the reality is, how do we connect better because Trump did it, even if his prescriptions, as I see it, are detrimental to the interest of everyday working and middle class Americans. (05:58–06:08)

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Asserts that Trump's policies would cost the average Vermont family about $3,500.

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