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On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
the President's proposal to create a special pass-through business income rate, which strikes me as a giant tax giveaway for the top 1 percent, masquerading under the guise of helping small businesses.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the President's tax proposal as benefiting the wealthy.

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