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Sheldon Whitehouse: “There is no economic rationale to having CVS, a prominent drug store chain, pay a 50 times higher tax rate than Carnival…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
There is no economic rationale to having CVS, a prominent drug store chain, pay a 50 times higher tax rate than Carnival Cruise lines, correct?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Questioning the fairness of tax rates between different companies.

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