On the recordMarch 14, 2023
The number you used of an eight percent tax rate for the 400 biggest tax filers... means that those super-wealthy tax filers are paying lower tax rates than their limo drivers.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “The number you used of an eight percent tax rate for the 400 biggest tax filers... means that those super-wealthy tax…”
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Highlighting the unfair tax rates on wealthy individuals.
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