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Troy Downing: “To a Montanan, an average Montana, that would be about a 26%…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

If that doesn't get renewed, it expires this year. And if that expires, it would be one of the largest tax increases in American history. To a Montanan, an average Montana, that would be about a 26% increase in their income taxes. To a small business Montana, it's higher. It's about a 43% increase. So that's incredibly important that we make sure that that is not just extended, but made permanent. (00:50–00:57)

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Asserts that the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would result in a 26% income tax increase for the average Montanan.

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