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Michael Burgess: “Perhaps Dr. Stiglitz said it best when he characterized the recent Treasury proposal as 'robbery of the taxpayers.'”

On the recordApril 20, 2009
Perhaps Dr. Stiglitz said it best when he characterized the recent Treasury proposal as 'robbery of the taxpayers.'
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess quotes Stiglitz criticizing the Treasury proposal as harmful to taxpayers.

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