In response to Trump thunder on trade, lost jobs, Neal to talk taxes, health care

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a Democrat from Springfield whose district includes the Berkshires, says tax cuts geared for the rich hurt the middle class just as much as international trade policies and the export of jobs over the past two decades that have "hammered American families," according to President Donald Trump.

 Rogelio V. Solis - the associated press
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In his most recent weekly address, President Donald Trump said international trade policies and the export of jobs over the past two decades have "hammered American families."

Unfair trade hurts the middle class, he said.

But U.S. Rep. Richard Neal has a response to that: So do tax cuts geared for the rich.

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