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Elijah Cummings: “It has always puzzled me, you know we hear these comments that we should not raise taxes on the richest of the rich…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2011
It has always puzzled me, you know we hear these comments that we should not raise taxes on the richest of the rich during a fragile economy
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings questions tax policies affecting the economy while states face layoffs.

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