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TJ Cox: “The truth is that it is only if you want to raise everybody's taxes that this tax limitation amendment would get in your…”

On the recordApril 15, 1997
The truth is that it is only if you want to raise everybody's taxes that this tax limitation amendment would get in your way. But if what you want to do is ease the burden on the middle class by closing loopholes somewhere, this amendment would not affect you at all. The question before us is in the aggregate, is it too easy for Congress to raise taxes? Should it be more difficult for Congress to raise taxes?
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TJ Cox
California

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Debating the implications of a tax limitation amendment.

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