But one of the biggest drivers for me in supporting that is making sure that we didn't have those tax cuts expire. And that would have been, to my constituents here, It would have been an average 26% increase on their income tax and about a 42 to 43% increase on a small business [if tax cuts expired]. It would have totally shut down people's livelihoods. It would have shut down the ability to run a small business, a large business. (11:23–11:32)
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