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On the recordApril 24, 2012
That is morally and civilly unacceptable. Why should we give millionaires special tax rates, significantly lower for many of them, than what average working Americans pay?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Kaptur argues against tax cuts for the wealthy while cutting assistance for the needy.

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