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Robert Ehrlich: “But the rest of the year you are really not taking home the rest of your paycheck because, despite your takehome pay…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
But the rest of the year you are really not taking home the rest of your paycheck because, despite your takehome pay, you take your takehome pay, your cash, and you go out and you buy things which are taxes. So I think we really need to understand the dramatic way in which taxes impact the average working person in this country.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing the impact of taxes on the average working person.

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