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Carl Levin: “There is also another factor, that we are not going to be able to compete with a zero or a 2-percent or a 4-percent tax…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
There is also another factor, that we are not going to be able to compete with a zero or a 2-percent or a 4-percent tax rate, are we?
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin discusses the competitiveness of U.S. tax rates compared to lower rates abroad.

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