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Ron Wyden: “Right now in America, there are two different tax systems. The one that most working people deal with is mandatory.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
Right now in America, there are two different tax systems. The one that most working people deal with is mandatory.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the disparity in the U.S. tax system between working people and the wealthy.

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