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On the recordJuly 12, 2011
It makes no sense to have a tax code that encourages that leverage, at the same time as we try and pull it back rather ineffectively with regulation.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Critique of the tax code's encouragement of financial leverage amidst regulatory efforts.

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