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Ron Wyden: “The crazy quilt of tax benefits and aid programs on the books today does not get that job done.”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
The crazy quilt of tax benefits and aid programs on the books today does not get that job done.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the complexity of current tax benefits for education.

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