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On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
Under the 8 years of the Clinton administration the so-called confiscation tax rate was 39.6 percent.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries discusses tax rates during Clinton's presidency and their impact on job creation.

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