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Roger Williams: “Interest is an expense. There is no way you should be paying tax on an expense.”

On the recordJune 5, 2023
Interest is an expense. There is no way you should be paying tax on an expense.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Williams argues against taxing business expenses like interest.

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