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Ron Wyden: “After decades of increasing inequality and middle-class economic stagnation, tax policy should be working to counter…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
After decades of increasing inequality and middle-class economic stagnation, tax policy should be working to counter, not reinforce these inequalities.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden calls for tax policy to address economic inequality.

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