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Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Speech at Faith and Freedom's Spring Kickoff in Des Moines, Iowa

Published | Video Starts at 16:16

Both of those provisions are in the bill now. And both of those provisions I wrote. Let me tell you how they work on school choice. Starting next year, Every taxpayer in America can give up to $1,700 to a scholarship granting organization in the states. If you do so, you get a dollar for dollar tax credit. Now, not a deduction, a credit. That means if you write a check for $1,700, you owe $1,700 less to Uncle Sam. (16:16–16:25)

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