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Jeff Merkley: “My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of…”

On the recordJune 11, 2024
My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on their already existing investments?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions tax fairness between working people and millionaires.

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