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Ted Cruz: “We should use current policy as our baseline.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:05

Larry, Larry, I love you. And we found the only topic on earth we disagree on. But, but, but listen, I think Mike Crapo is absolutely right that We should use current policy as our baseline. And it's real simple because the Democrats are arguing. No, no, no, no. You got to say that maintaining the current tax law, maintaining the 2017 tax cuts cost four and a half trillion dollars. (06:05–06:09)

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Asserts that current policy should be the baseline for tax discussions.

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