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Robert Ehrlich: “This bill is fair, it raises more money, again on a progressive basis, from those who can afford to pay and who have…”

On the recordMay 9, 1995
This bill is fair, it raises more money, again on a progressive basis, from those who can afford to pay and who have paid least during the decade of the 1980s.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing the fairness and structure of a proposed luxury tax.

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