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On the recordApril 7, 2011
The Ryan proposal is a setback for that, because it doesn't ask rich people to pay more after they've gotten now three tax cuts, each of which were nearly a trillion dollars.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Critique of the Ryan proposal for not addressing tax fairness.

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