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Rob Portman: “We had a system, of course, where jobs and investment were incentivized to go overseas, which is crazy.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
We had a system, of course, where jobs and investment were incentivized to go overseas, which is crazy.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman criticizes the previous tax system for encouraging offshoring jobs.

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