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On the recordSeptember 20, 2023
If you don't keep this tax break for wealthy people, it's going to somehow hurt other people even when we use those revenues for investments to help everybody.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Challenging the trickle-down theory regarding tax breaks.

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