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Jim Clyburn: “It is unfair that wages are often taxed at a higher rate than investments.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
It is unfair that wages are often taxed at a higher rate than investments.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn criticizes the disparity in tax rates between wages and investments.

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