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On the recordJuly 28, 2020
Well, what troubles me is just what one businesswoman told me when I was looking at this, which is, she said, I pay around 25 percent of my income to Uncle Sam, to the government, and then I pay 30 percent of my income to Apple.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin highlights the financial burden on entrepreneurs due to high fees from Apple.

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