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Rep. Bachmann: Democrat AMT Bill “Will Hurt the Middle Class Exactly When We Shouldn’t”

Originally posted on GOP.gov:

This morning, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) debated Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Their topic: the Democrat AMT bill on the House floor today.  

Rep. Bachmann on the Democrat AMT Bill: “This bill is a permanent tax increase to give a one-year tax cut. That’s a really a bad deal for the American people.”  

“This is super-sizing American government growth. That’s not the direction the American people want us to go. They want us to cut taxes, not increase taxes.”

Rep. Bachmann on How The Democrat AMT Bill Will Raise Gas Prices: “The bill we are going to see today from Chairman Rangel will hurt the middle class exactly when we shouldn’t. … It has a tax increase on American energy production. That’s the last thing we should do right now when Americans are paying over $4 a gallon.”

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