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Richard Neal: “He [Bruce Bartlett] said this idea that is being promulgated…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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To The Point: Talking Taxes with Rep. Richard Neal

Published | Video Starts at 08:51

You have, in addition to the Wharton School, you have Goldman Sachs and many Republican mainstream economists. Right. Doug Holtz Aiken. Right. You have Mark Zandi. Right. You have Bruce Bartlett, who authors. They're All Republicans. All Republicans. He [Bruce Bartlett] said this idea that is being promulgated that tax cuts pay for themselves is nonsense. Right. And what kind of a deficit, what kind of a hole in this deficit that this country has and is complaining about all the time? The hawks on the Hill. (08:51–09:01)

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Asserts that Bruce Bartlett claims tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

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