Mike Johnson: “I am proposing that you tax excessive leverage, because that is what…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2011

I am proposing that you tax excessive leverage, because that is what generates the big negative.

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Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson advocates for taxing excessive leverage in the financial sector to mitigate future economic crises.

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