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Jacob J. Lew: Let us not get into a world where we start having the White House jump in for the administration of our tax system…

On the recordMay 21, 2013
Let us not get into a world where we start having the White House jump in for the administration of our tax system, because that will be a cure well worse than the disease.
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Jacob J. Lew

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Jacob Lew warns against political interference in tax administration.

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