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John Conyers: “The power to tax is the power to destroy and here the taxing power is being used quite deliberately to destroy the right…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
The power to tax is the power to destroy and here the taxing power is being used quite deliberately to destroy the right of every American to make private health care decisions free from government interference.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers warns against using tax policy to limit personal health care choices.

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