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Sam Brownback: “We also cannot afford, under the rhetoric of eliminating 'tax cuts for the rich,' to increase taxes on income from…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
We also cannot afford, under the rhetoric of eliminating 'tax cuts for the rich,' to increase taxes on income from capital, such as dividends.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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He argues that raising dividend taxes will negatively impact many retirees.

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