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Christopher Shays: “When we tried to eliminate it in the past, we were told we were eliminating it for the wealthy. And, in fact, we were…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2004
When we tried to eliminate it in the past, we were told we were eliminating it for the wealthy. And, in fact, we were saying, it is not a tax on the wealthy, it is a tax on the middle class. This tax does need to be eliminated. It was passed, regrettably, by our Democratic colleagues, and it is a heck of a problem to get rid of now, but we need to.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing the need to eliminate a tax affecting the middle class.

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