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Byron Dorgan: “I was responding to a policy brief prepared by William Gale at the Brookings Institution that says ``Don't Buy the Sales…”

On the recordJuly 28, 1998
I was responding to a policy brief prepared by William Gale at the Brookings Institution that says ``Don't Buy the Sales Tax.''... Count me in on that.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a national sales tax and its comparison to the income tax.

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