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Ron Johnson: “If they [the tax cuts] expire, everybody's going to get a…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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DC breakfast with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 14:05

We're talking about not increasing them massively for everybody. This isn't just about the wealthy. Those tax cuts in 2017 were for everybody. The benefit of everybody got a tax cut. So If they [the tax cuts] expire, everybody's going to get a tax increase. We need to prevent that. I would have taken that off the table by now. It had been up to me, we would have already passed the first reconciliation bill. (14:05–26:51)

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Asserts that the expiration of the 2017 tax cuts will result in a tax increase for everyone.

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