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Bill Lee: “So giving a tax cut like we just did has a racially disparate impact because of the huge tax cut we gave from which…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
So giving a tax cut like we just did has a racially disparate impact because of the huge tax cut we gave from which people of color did not benefit when you look at who got that huge part of the tax cut.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Critiquing the racial disparities in the recent tax cuts.

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