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On the recordDecember 13, 2012
I have to tell you, I introduced legislation that actually would increase the taxes on people starting at a million going up, ratcheting up, different tax brackets up to a billion dollars. {time} 1410 And I've got a lot of very rich people who say, yeah, that's fair. That's right.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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