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Ron Johnson: “Pass throughs are up in the 20% and they're going to get…”

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 19:23

Now, according to JCT, large corporations have an effective rate of 10.8%, large corporations 14.8. So we can't even screw that up. We made a differential between the large guys and the small guys. And of course Pass throughs are up in the 20% and they're going to get really hosed if tax cuts expire. So again, I think you'd make the argument, I mean, again, I would eliminate the corporate tax and tax all business income at the ownership level like we do with 95% of American businesses. (19:23–19:29)

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Asserts that pass-through businesses face a 20% tax rate and will be negatively impacted if tax cuts expire.

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