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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I am not sure that we can afford as a country large-scale tax cutting, whether it is oriented to the middle class or whether it is oriented to some other group.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden expresses concern about the affordability of large-scale tax cuts.

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