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On the recordApril 19, 2023
It is these wealthy tax cheats--who can pretty much decide what they want to pay and when they want to pay it--that are the challenge.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the difficulty in collecting taxes from wealthy individuals.

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