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L. welcome back. im sheinelle jones. after much haggling the tax bill is expected to put to vote this week, possibly as early as tuesday. republicans claim its a win for the middle class. >> i think its going to provide the kind of middle class tax relief desperately needed right now. people are looking at flat wages and this will help. in ohio the average will be about 1400 bucks for medium family. people living paycheck to paycheck is important. >> look at this, some of the bills other key poi...

>> do you acknowledge that not everybodys taxes are going down? some in the middle to upper middle class will see their total tax bill go up when you account for state and local as well? >> it doubles the standard deduction up to 24 grand for a family. it doubles the child tax credit. it actually -- it lowers the rates to point that in ohio the average is $2,375 for the median income family. everybody in every group, chuck, and every bracket, that group as a whole will see tax cuts. so, you know...

Doubles the child tax credit. lowers the rates to the point that in ohio the average is 2375 bucks for the median income family. everybody in every group will see tax cuts and so its just been misrepresented. i hope people will go online and look for themselves. go on to the joint committee on taxations website. jct.gov. thats the one thats official. check out what your own situation is and you will see substantial middle class tax cuts for family of two making 50 grand per year. 20% tax cut. >>...

Their pension, 15% contributiona to health care which is pretty much the standard for people ini the private sector, right? >> its actually a much better deal than what people in the private sector get. in ohio the average is about 31% of payments for people in the private sector towards their health care. we dont have guaranteed lifetime pensions in the private sector like we do in government. so the benefit structure in the public sector for governmentis employees is vastly better than it is f...

Contribution to healthcare works i is pretty much the standard for people in the private sector, right? >> its actually a much better deal than what people in the private sector get. in ohio the average is about 31% of payments for people in the private sector toward their healthcare. we doan have guaranteed lifetime pensions in the private sector like we do in governor. so the difference is vastly better than it is for the same private sector employees. >> you know, you her the governor, if thi...