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Joe Biden: “If you eliminated one single loophole call stepped up basis, there's a trillion and $340 billion of loopholes out there…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
If you eliminated one single loophole call stepped up basis, there's a trillion and $340 billion of loopholes out there for the wealthy and for others.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden discusses tax loopholes and their potential impact on funding education.

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