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Mike Pence: “If we didn't do this, I am afraid we would end up like Greece and nobody would pay their taxes.”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
If we didn't do this, I am afraid we would end up like Greece and nobody would pay their taxes.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Pence warns about tax collection issues leading to non-compliance.

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