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Sheldon Whitehouse: if you tax things that are, quote, ``bad,'' that means you have more revenue which you can then use to reduce the taxes…

On the recordMarch 31, 2014
if you tax things that are, quote, ``bad,'' that means you have more revenue which you can then use to reduce the taxes on things that are good.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing the benefits of revenue-neutral taxation and its impact on economic growth.

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