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On the recordJune 15, 2021
Last week, ProPublica published an investigation into some of the wealthiest American tax returns showing that year after year, multibillionaires paid basically no Federal income taxes.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights tax avoidance by billionaires, questioning fairness in the tax code.

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