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Pat Toomey: “The negative impact from higher taxes exceeds the revenue benefit to the Government from an increase in taxes.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
The negative impact from higher taxes exceeds the revenue benefit to the Government from an increase in taxes.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey argues that higher taxes can harm the economy more than they help government revenue.

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