Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

the debt and the deficit is in practice much less important than protecting carried interest, much less important than maintaining Cayman Islands offshore shelters, and much less important than keeping big oil subsidies rolling.

Context

Whitehouse criticizes prioritizing tax loopholes over addressing the debt and deficit.

02/03/2014

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