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Ron Wyden: “The people who care are firefighters and nurses and teachers because they pay taxes with every single paycheck.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2023
The people who care are firefighters and nurses and teachers because they pay taxes with every single paycheck.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden emphasizes the burden of taxes on working-class individuals compared to billionaires.

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