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Burgess Owens: “It is mostly income you do not work for on an hourly basis. Is it presently taxed at the same rate as wages are taxed?”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
It is mostly income you do not work for on an hourly basis. Is it presently taxed at the same rate as wages are taxed?
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Discussing tax rates on different types of income.

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