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Jim Saxton: “It is the consumer that ends up paying higher prices so businesses can pay taxes to send to Washington for the…”

On the recordApril 4, 1995
It is the consumer that ends up paying higher prices so businesses can pay taxes to send to Washington for the politicians to spend.
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Jim Saxton

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Discussing the impact of taxes on consumers during a floor speech.

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