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Ron Wyden: “Honest taxpayers have to make up the difference when the scofflaws dodge their responsibilities, and that is wrong.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
Honest taxpayers have to make up the difference when the scofflaws dodge their responsibilities, and that is wrong.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the unfair burden on honest taxpayers due to tax evasion.

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