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Peter Roskam: Clearly, something is inherently unfair when the family from Palatine perceives that they pay more to the government…

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
Clearly, something is inherently unfair when the family from Palatine perceives that they pay more to the government because they don't know more about the Tax Code.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam points out the unfairness in the Tax Code's complexity.

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