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Ron Johnson: “If you just inflate that using CPI be about 2 trillion.”

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

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Full interview with Sen. Ron Johnson | Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform

Published | Video Starts at 24:07

And, you know, the corporate tax is permanent. So the other portion of that now they're Saying is going to cost 4.6 trillion. The whole thing costs, you know, scored at 1.5. If you just inflate that using CPI be about 2 trillion. Where are they getting 4.6. So again, I would ignore those scores and you know, focus on a simple system. So, so there's this, there's this debate about current policy baseline versus current law. (24:07–24:12)

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Asserts that inflating the original $1.5 trillion score of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act using CPI would be about $2 trillion.

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