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Summer Lee: “In Texas we don't have an income tax. We are proud of it. And if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2012
In Texas we don't have an income tax. We are proud of it. And if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee defends Texas's lack of an income tax and criticizes advocates for it.

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