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John Spratt: “That is our concern. That is what we are talking about tonight, the future as it looms ahead of us. And each time we…”

On the recordJune 9, 2003
That is our concern. That is what we are talking about tonight, the future as it looms ahead of us. And each time we pass one of these mammoth tax bills, we take another step down this road and it becomes all the more irreversible for us, and that is our concern.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing concerns about the impact of large tax bills on the future.

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