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Jerry Moran: “So what we are doing is we are transferring wealth, income from those who can least afford it, at least in this example…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
So what we are doing is we are transferring wealth, income from those who can least afford it, at least in this example of Kansas and our mean income, to those who are better able to afford it.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran critiques the bill for unfairly impacting low-income communities in Kansas.

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