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On the recordJune 15, 2021
What's most damaging to people's trust in the tax system, in my view, is its rotten, cynical unfairness to Americans who work for a living.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the unfairness of the tax system affecting working Americans.

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