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Ron Wyden: “What President Reagan did in 1986 is, he said there would be equal treatment with respect to income earned by a wage…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
What President Reagan did in 1986 is, he said there would be equal treatment with respect to income earned by a wage earner and income earned by somebody who is in financial services.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights Reagan's tax reform principles on equal treatment of income types.

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