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On the recordMarch 1, 2021
If I was the CEO presently of a large international corporation that was founded here in the United States and wanted to manipulate my taxes and park the profits somewhere else, do you think I would be able to get away with that in our current system?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Questions the effectiveness of current tax laws against corporate manipulation.

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