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Sam Brownback: Given the severity of the economic downturn that we face, and efforts already under way to try to offset the downturn…

On the recordApril 29, 2009
Given the severity of the economic downturn that we face, and efforts already under way to try to offset the downturn, it is absolutely clear to me that the last things we want to do is raise taxes and add uncertainty to the economic and financial environments.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Brownback emphasizes the need to avoid tax increases during economic downturns.

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