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On the recordApril 5, 2021
The tax was 36 percent, it`s now down to 21 percent. And the idea that that is bizarre, we`re talking about a 28 percent tax that everybody thought was fair enough for everybody. The idea is, you have 51 or 52 corporations in the Fortune 500 haven`t paid a single penny in tax for three years. Come on, man. Get real.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

President Biden discusses the fairness of the proposed corporate tax rate and highlights the issue of corporations not paying taxes.

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