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Tim Walberg: The power to tax is the power to destroy.

On the recordJune 24, 2015
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Walberg references the significant impact of taxation on people's lives.

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