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Christopher Shays: I yield myself 1 minute. Just to respond to my colleague and say when the Alternative Minimum Tax was passed by…

On the recordMarch 24, 2004
I yield myself 1 minute. Just to respond to my colleague and say when the Alternative Minimum Tax was passed by Democrats. Republicans warned that it would be not just a tax on the rich but it would be a tax on all income producers.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Responding to a colleague about the implications of the Alternative Minimum Tax.

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