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Cory Booker: And so I think tax policy here has been screwy and the American people are paying for it, and we cannot compete now with…

On the recordJune 13, 2017
And so I think tax policy here has been screwy and the American people are paying for it, and we cannot compete now with our global competitors who make strategic investments that we do not make anymore.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker argues that flawed tax policies hinder U.S. competitiveness globally.

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