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Ron Wyden: “The President declared to the Nation that his tax plan would not give any breaks to the wealthy. But the fact is, his…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
The President declared to the Nation that his tax plan would not give any breaks to the wealthy. But the fact is, his one-page tax outline has a new, lunar crater-sized loophole for the wealthy allowing them to abuse pass-through status.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden points out the tax plan's loopholes benefiting the wealthy.

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