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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
The argument I hear the most against consumption taxes is progressivity, but we can make a consumption tax progressive, and we have ways of doing it.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin argues that consumption taxes can be structured to be progressive.

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