In addition, TPC has looked at how the measures would affect households in various income groups and, using Joint Committee on Taxation estimates, how much each plan would cost the Treasury in lost revenue.

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The scores cited below are 10-year estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxation provided by the Senate Finance Committee.

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The costs of all this are far greater than the estimates conjured by the Joint Tax Committee.

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