What's more, we pay more Federal taxes per capita than any state, and we pay more Federal taxes total than 22 states.
Muriel Bowser: “What's more, we pay more Federal taxes per capita than any state, and we pay more Federal taxes total than 22 states.”
On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
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Bowser highlights D.C.'s high tax contributions as justification for statehood.
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