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Tim Scott: “These fixed compliance costs become like a regressive tax to my folks in South Carolina.”

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
These fixed compliance costs become like a regressive tax to my folks in South Carolina.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott highlights the burden of compliance costs on smaller banks in South Carolina.

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