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Jim DeMint: “Yes, no one should get tax breaks and subsidies, and a lot of us for years have been trying to get President Obama…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
Yes, no one should get tax breaks and subsidies, and a lot of us for years have been trying to get President Obama, first Senator Obama, to go with a low, simple flat rate and take out those subsidies and loopholes.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint supports a flat tax rate and criticizes Obama's tax policies.

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