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Xavier Becerra: The tax that is being imposed on students who earn, say, $10,000 or $12,000 is not going to help provide other…

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
The tax that is being imposed on students who earn, say, $10,000 or $12,000 is not going to help provide other opportunities for other people going to college, it is there to help pay for the cost of these tax breaks that mostly well-to-do Americans are going to be receiving.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of a tax bill on students during a floor debate.

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