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Tim Scott: “What the President seeks to do is level the playing field so that wealthy individuals are forced to pay taxes in the…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2021
What the President seeks to do is level the playing field so that wealthy individuals are forced to pay taxes in the same way that working-class people do every day in this country.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott discusses the tax system's fairness for wealthy individuals versus working-class Americans.

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