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Ron Wyden: “The U.S. tax code is infected with the chronic diseases of loopholes and inefficiency.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
The U.S. tax code is infected with the chronic diseases of loopholes and inefficiency.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the tax code for its inefficiencies and loopholes.

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