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John Boehner: “The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.”

On the recordJuly 1, 2012
The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.

Editor's note · Context

John Boehner critiques the government's authority to impose penalties, likening it to absurd taxation.

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