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Dale Bumpers: Senator, we single out rich people with a little higher tax rate than we do poor people.

On the recordSeptember 16, 1996
Senator, we single out rich people with a little higher tax rate than we do poor people.
Said by
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing tax rates and their impact on different income groups.

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