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Andy Barr: the tax rate of the highest bracket would have to be raised from 35 percent to 88 percent.

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
the tax rate of the highest bracket would have to be raised from 35 percent to 88 percent.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr points out the extreme increases needed for the highest tax bracket.

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