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Tim Scott: “It does not appear that the leakage can be stopped by the penalty.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2016
It does not appear that the leakage can be stopped by the penalty.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Senator Scott discusses the ineffectiveness of penalties on retirement plan leakage.

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