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Before the congress right now, $480 billion of the so-called cost is leaving in people's pockets the money that they already have under the current tax rates if we were to raise tax rates, it would take $408 billion out of the pockets of americans over the next 10 years that would be if we kept the current rates in hand. he doesn't like that. he wants that money. this has amt relief. keeping 27 million american households from paying higher taxes. that's $137 billion. he wants them to pay higher taxes. $68 billion is by having a compromise on the death tax. i think the death tax ought to be ki...

Before and after. if you want to go further out, there was one study that says millionaires from 2003 to 2006, their tax burden went up to 274 billion-dollar from $137 billion. a will the of people benefited from the bush tax cuts, including this country. i think it was obvious in jobs, gdp and tax receipts to the treasury. >> the speaker's premises is if you raise taxes on the rich, you lower the deficit, also, by cutting taxes on the rich, we inaccuracied the dest. you re-elect both. >> absolutely. the problem is the deficit problem began in the last couple years and had nothing to do with t...