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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
Do you think that the tax increases that you are planning on in 2013 on mostly successful small businesses in the investment community in America, on job creators; you think it is not going to impact the economy?
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William Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan questions the impact of planned tax increases on small businesses and the economy.

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