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Tim Scott: “Tax loopholes are ways for politicians to spend money without having to go through the appropriations process.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015
Tax loopholes are ways for politicians to spend money without having to go through the appropriations process.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott highlights the complications tax loopholes create in the tax code.

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