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John Thune: “We have an outdated, dysfunctional tax code, with the highest rate in the developed world.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
We have an outdated, dysfunctional tax code, with the highest rate in the developed world.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune calls for tax code reform due to high rates and dysfunction.

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