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On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
If you create a very large tax benefit to being able to declare your income in a certain favored form, you are going to create a lot of people all along the scrupulousness dimension.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns about the potential for tax loopholes with the proposed tax benefits.

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