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Lou Barletta: “Now is not the time for us to be worrying about what tax rates should be in 2 years. We should be worried about job…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Now is not the time for us to be worrying about what tax rates should be in 2 years. We should be worried about job creation today.
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Lou Barletta
Pennsylvania

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Barletta argues that immediate job creation should take precedence over future tax rate discussions.

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