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Harold Volkmer: “The upper 2 percent of big farmowners, OK, 2 percent will get 22 percent of the money. It sounds a lot like their tax…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
The upper 2 percent of big farmowners, OK, 2 percent will get 22 percent of the money. It sounds a lot like their tax bill, where 2 percent got 50 percent of the money. This one, 2 percent get 22 percent of the money.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the distribution of benefits in a bill related to farmowners.

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