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Claire McCaskill: “Eighty-eight percent of the income coming from pass-throughs is for the 1 percent.”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
Eighty-eight percent of the income coming from pass-throughs is for the 1 percent.
Said by
Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill highlights the disproportionate benefit of pass-through income to the wealthy.

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