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Ron Johnson: “Tax Cut and Jobs act was $1.5 trillion score now. And, you…”

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 23:54

If, however, a tax cut expires and you want to extend it now, there's some massive score, by the way, and it's a, it's a BS score, too. Tax Cut and Jobs act was $1.5 trillion score now. 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. (23:54–24:01)

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Asserts that the Tax Cut and Jobs Act was scored at $1.5 trillion and the corporate tax is permanent.

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