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On the recordJune 11, 2012
A number of tax policy experts believe that the tax system should simply be used to raise the revenue necessary to fund a constitutionally limited Federal Government and not get involved in social engineering through the code.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Senator Hatch discusses the purpose of the tax system.

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