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Pete Stark: we are not being asked to contribute anything to pay for that war. Lower income people maybe are.

On the recordJune 20, 2012
we are not being asked to contribute anything to pay for that war. Lower income people maybe are.
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Pete Stark
California

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Stark criticizes the lack of tax contributions from high-income individuals for war costs.

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