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Roger Wicker: “The point is, they are a bunch of average, hard-working Mississippians, average, hard-working Americans, who are glad to…”

On the recordOctober 13, 2011
The point is, they are a bunch of average, hard-working Mississippians, average, hard-working Americans, who are glad to come to work each day, working hard to build these boats, and we ought to encourage them. I don't know the corporate structure of that particular job creator, but I know the larger point is that many of the job creators do pay taxes at the individual level. We know from research that four out of five of the taxpayers who would pay the higher taxes being proposed by the President are business owners--the very people we are hoping will create jobs, and create them soon for Americans.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi
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Oct 13, 2011

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