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Marco Rubio: “It's a tax increase. It's a massive tax increase on the middle class.”

On the recordJuly 1, 2012
It's a tax increase. It's a massive tax increase on the middle class.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Marco Rubio argues that the health care mandate constitutes a significant tax increase affecting the middle class.

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