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Pat Ryan: I think it misses the larger debate, which is, virtually every other country we are competing against has a value-added…

On the recordJune 21, 2011
I think it misses the larger debate, which is, virtually every other country we are competing against has a value-added tax system that has rebates for its exporters.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan points out the competitive disadvantage of U.S. exporters due to lack of a value-added tax.

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