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Mike Lee: We tend to tax the little guys with taxes that are hard to attribute.

On the recordApril 16, 2012
We tend to tax the little guys with taxes that are hard to attribute.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee points out that indirect taxes disproportionately affect lower-income individuals.

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