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On the recordMay 11, 2011
The point you are making, and I agree with it entirely, is that if you look at all of the taxes, who pays, where the wealth is, our system is not only regressive but it is getting more and more regressive.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse discusses the regressive nature of the tax system.

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