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On the recordMarch 9, 2015
Suffice it to say, there is kind of a bundle of these tax provisions that eliminate a substantial amount of investment risk, and the people who can take advantage of it pay half the tax rate.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights tax loopholes benefiting the wealthy at the expense of middle-class workers.

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