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Barack Obama: If you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay a lower tax rate than your secretary.

On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
If you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay a lower tax rate than your secretary.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in New York City

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