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Ben Bernanke: “I believe that it is more pro-growth to start cleaning out the Tax Code, to go and clean out some of those loopholes.”

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
I believe that it is more pro-growth to start cleaning out the Tax Code, to go and clean out some of those loopholes.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke advocates for tax reform by eliminating loopholes to promote economic growth.

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