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Jon Kyl: “Yet they support its repeal because they understand it is unfair. To the point of the Senator from California yesterday…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2000
Yet they support its repeal because they understand it is unfair. To the point of the Senator from California yesterday, who said this all boils down to whose side are you on, no, it does not. What it boils down to is that the vast majority of the American people, understanding, even though it may not affect them, it is a totally unfair tax, agree with us that it should be repealed.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing the repeal of a tax during a Senate floor debate.

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