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Steve Scalise: Inflation is probably the biggest direct tax increase on low-income families.

On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
Inflation is probably the biggest direct tax increase on low-income families.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise highlights the impact of inflation as a tax on low-income families.

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