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Ron Wyden: “It simply does not make good economic sense from either an efficiency or an equity perspective to give a big tax break…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
It simply does not make good economic sense from either an efficiency or an equity perspective to give a big tax break for income that has already been earned and moved to tax havens.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes tax breaks for income shifted to tax havens.

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