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Ed Markey: “I absolutely did. And it is an incontrovertible truth. That is how the tax benefit breaks, if you look at it over the…”

On the recordJune 26, 1997
I absolutely did. And it is an incontrovertible truth. That is how the tax benefit breaks, if you look at it over the 10-year period, as we should have done with the Reagan tax break in 1981, which ultimately turned out to be that kind of pinata of goodies for the rich.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing tax benefits and their impact during a debate.

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