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Elizabeth Warren: “It means that it is being borne on the backs of black Americans and not where the true gap is.”

On the recordApril 19, 2021
It means that it is being borne on the backs of black Americans and not where the true gap is.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the unfair burden of tax audits on black Americans.

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