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Ari Fleischer: “The purpose of the tax code should be to raise the revenue so the government can pay its bills.”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
The purpose of the tax code should be to raise the revenue so the government can pay its bills.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Ari Fleischer discusses the need for a new tax code that focuses on revenue generation.

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