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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Does it make sense for the hospital orderly to be paying a higher Federal income tax rate all in than they do?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse questions the fairness of the current tax system.

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