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Ron Johnson: “Virtually every American that paid tax in 2017, 2018, got a…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on American Spending, Trade, and Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 08:41

So I would just do that. And what that would accomplish is it takes an automatic massive tax increase off the table for every American. Unlike the lies the Democrats say, Virtually every American that paid tax in 2017, 2018, got a tax cut. So now we get a tax increase. I want to prevent that. So the second step would just be extend current tax law. The in that process, you probably need to increase the debt ceiling. (08:41–08:46)

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Asserts that nearly every American taxpayer received a tax cut in 2017 and 2018.

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