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Elijah Cummings: “We are paying less taxes, percentage of GDP, than we have in a long time.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
We are paying less taxes, percentage of GDP, than we have in a long time.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings notes the current low tax percentage of GDP compared to historical levels.

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