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JD Vance: “It's like taxing horseshoes to pay for the highway system, right, and the results are disastrous.”

On the recordMay 10, 2023
It's like taxing horseshoes to pay for the highway system, right, and the results are disastrous.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Senator Vance uses an analogy to illustrate the issues with the funding model.

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