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Lloyd Doggett: “That debt tax is a tax that gets imposed on all Americans, and that is a tax that we are eliminating by moving back to a…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2007
That debt tax is a tax that gets imposed on all Americans, and that is a tax that we are eliminating by moving back to a budget surplus.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing the impact of debt tax on Americans and the goal of achieving a budget surplus.

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