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Mitt Romney: 53 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all. Should that number get higher?

On the recordJune 7, 2021
53 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all. Should that number get higher?
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney questions if more Americans should be exempt from income tax.

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