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Tim Scott: “The current system of global taxation seems to be a major impediment to growing jobs in our economy here at home.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
The current system of global taxation seems to be a major impediment to growing jobs in our economy here at home.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott highlights global taxation as a barrier to job growth in the U.S.

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