The Fact Is That If You Are Lowering The Rates The Way You Described, Governor, Then It Is Not Possible To Come Up With Enough Deductions And Loopholes That Only Affect High-income Individuals To Avoid Either Raising The Deficit Or Burdening The Middle Class. It's, It's Math. It's Arithmetic. - SearchQuotes

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The fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you described, Governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high-income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. It's, it's math. It's arithmetic.

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