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Steve Cohen: “It is a very regressive tax, because it is not adjusted to the person's income.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
It is a very regressive tax, because it is not adjusted to the person's income.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen emphasizes the unfairness of the tax system affecting low-income renters.

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