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Louis Gilmert is in the house. He's from Texas. He took a Blue Dog Democrat seat. I believe

in06. He was on the house floor this week talking about corporate taxes. Here's a $1

of corporate tax money. He calls them, what's the word he's going to use here, JR? In

cities, JR says. He's going to use the word in cities. So let's listen to a representative

of go-mert on the floor of the house.

You're going to start a trade war with somebody we owe over a trillion dollars to. You think

that's smart. You don't realize we'll use great jobs, union jobs, non-union jobs across

America. How about instead doing something that doesn't trigger a trade war that doesn't

cause us to be penalized around the world? How about instead eliminating the 35% tariff we

put on our own products for people in other countries trying to buy them. It's called

a corporate tax. You eliminate the 35% tariff we've got on our own products. Union jobs

and non-union jobs come flooding back into America because we could compete with anybody

if you take off that insidious tax that tells people across America, you don't have to

pay it. Don't evil corporations will pay it. Those corporations pass it on if they don't

stay in business.

Let me begin with all the different ways that doesn't make any sense. The 35% is on corporate

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