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On the recordApril 25, 2012
when I take out the $1 trillion worth of tax expenditures, they seem to go to a small number of these special interests.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the concentration of tax benefits among special interests.

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