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Joe Barton: “If the replacement tax raised the same amount or less revenue than the current tax, then the answer is yes.”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
If the replacement tax raised the same amount or less revenue than the current tax, then the answer is yes.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a proposed replacement tax.

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