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Burgess Owens: And if we had some tax laws with the people who are making the profits, instead of the present situation where…

On the recordApril 29, 1997
And if we had some tax laws with the people who are making the profits, instead of the present situation where individuals and families are paying 44 percent of the income tax in this country while corporations are paying a little more than 11 percent, there are a lot of things we could do to help to begin to bring some sense back into American capitalism. It was capitalism that worked before. It worked. Henry Ford recognized it when he said, ``I really need these people to make more money to buy my cars.''
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Discussing tax laws and their impact on American capitalism.

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