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On the recordMarch 12, 2008
I have some vague memory in my mind that in the late 1960s, or some time in that time period, a millionaire's tax was proposed. I am wondering if the Senator from New Hampshire remembers that and remembers how many millionaires it was to apply to, how many rich people was it whose money they were going to get?
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Douglas Alexander
Labour Party

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Questioning a colleague about a proposed millionaire's tax from the late 1960s.

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