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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
We are refusing to ask the people at the very top 1 percent to pay their fair share of taxes.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waxman criticizes tax policies that burden the poor while benefiting the wealthy.

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