the tax debate misses the point because both of those approaches, George W. Bush and now what has been offered by President Obama, in my view, involve tinkering with a badly flawed, discredited tax system.
On the recordAugust 2, 2010
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Wyden critiques both Bush and Obama's tax policies as ineffective.
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