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Jack Kingston: So one are overpaying one's taxes by $500 more a year if one is an average family than we need in this room, in this…

On the recordJune 30, 1999
So one are overpaying one's taxes by $500 more a year if one is an average family than we need in this room, in this Chamber, in this Congress to operate one's government with.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing tax burdens on average families during a congressional debate.

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