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Paul Gosar: “There is a reason why the people are scared of the IRS, right? The power to tax is the power to destroy.”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
There is a reason why the people are scared of the IRS, right? The power to tax is the power to destroy.
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Paul Gosar
Republican · Arizona

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Gosar highlights public fear of the IRS's power.

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