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Speaker Hastert Claims Families Making $40K A Year "Don't Pay Any Taxes"...

First Posted: 3/28/08 Updated: 5/25/11

During a late session last night, Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) made a stunning claim on the House floor:

Well, folks, if you earn $40,000 a year and have a family of two children, you don't pay any taxes. So you probably, if you don't pay any taxes, you are not going to get a very big tax cut.

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