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Nov 2017
29m 18s

Maya MacGuineas explains the difference ...

THE WASHINGTON POST
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Congress is debating a tax bill. Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, breaks down the complicated tax reform debate and explains why popular deductions might actually hurt our nation's fiscal health. 
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