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Pat Ryan: “You are saying that the higher marginal tax rates go, the less output in economic growth we get.”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
You are saying that the higher marginal tax rates go, the less output in economic growth we get.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan highlights the negative impact of higher marginal tax rates on economic growth.

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