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Jeff Duncan: “I cannot think of a single example where an increase in a tax or a fee ever reduces the price for the consumer.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
I cannot think of a single example where an increase in a tax or a fee ever reduces the price for the consumer.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Duncan argues that tax increases lead to higher consumer prices.

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