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Richard Neal: “There's enough money there. Why don't we just do a middle…”

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 14:50

Want to be fair for the guy that's a laborer. We are taxing labor now. We are not taxing assets at what they used to be taxed. We're not taxing capital. Middle class. There's enough money there. Why don't we just do a middle class tax cut and continue to pay down the debt? It was ignored. And when I look back at that, that was a moment where we could have really given the middle class a handsome tax cut. (14:50–14:58)

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Asserts that there was enough money for a middle-class tax cut and debt reduction, but the suggestion was ignored.

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