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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
We have talked for a long time about the need to address the basic unfairness of America's two-tiered tax system.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the unfairness in the tax system affecting working individuals versus the wealthy.

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