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Sam Brownback: This is precisely the wrong time to raise taxes and inject uncertainty about what taxes are going to be in the future.

On the recordApril 2, 2009
This is precisely the wrong time to raise taxes and inject uncertainty about what taxes are going to be in the future.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Brownback emphasizes the negative impact of tax increases during economic hardship.

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